Last time I heard of such overt racism (ref Ashley Todd)

NJmaverick

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:33 PM
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Last time I heard of such overt racism (ref Ashley Todd)

I was reading To Kill a Mockingbird.

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YOY

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:33 PM
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1. We thought that Harper wrote of the past that was long since corrected...

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 02:34 PM by YOY

Sick mother f***ers.

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Curtland1015

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:34 PM
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2. Last time McCain heard of such overt racism...

...he was at yesterday's rally.

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BlooInBloo

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:34 PM
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3. Funny. Last time I heard it was yesterday, from a DUer talking about being called....

a "nigger-lover".

Amazing how some white folks can go 20 years without hearing about racist stuff.

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NJmaverick

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:39 PM
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6. What is your point?

It appears you are taking things a bit too literal and also making some assumptions. My point was to illustrate the eerie similarities, not a literal time line.

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fishwax

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:35 PM
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4. shit like that happens all the time

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EastTennesseeDem

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:38 PM
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5. I was reading Cornelius Eady's "Brutal Imagination"

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 02:39 PM by EastTennesseeDem

For those of you who don't know, the series is to be read from the point of view of Susan Smith's made up black man.

"My Face" by Eady

If you are caught
In my part of town
After dark,
You are not lost;
You are abandoned.

All that the neighbors will tell
Your kin
Is that you should
Have known better.

All they will do
Is nod their heads.
They will feel sorry,
For you,

But rules are rules,
And when you were
Of a certain age
Someone pointed
A finger
In the wrong direction

And said:
All they do
Is fuck and drink
All they're good for
Ain't worth a shit.

You recall me now
To the police artist.
It wasn't really my face
That stared back that day,
But it was that look.

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DeepBlueDem

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:41 PM
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7. i say the susan smith case

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goodgd_yall

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Fri Oct-24-08 02:42 PM
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8. That's what I'm reminded of n/t

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 02:57 PM by goodgd_yall

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applegrove

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Fri Oct-24-08 03:28 PM
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9. I didn't know that aspect to the story. That is truly dispicable.

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