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Help make America great again:
This isn’t a scene from a hundred years ago. This is right now, in front of the Hillsborough, NC Courthouse. Contemporary racism erupts in our backyard.
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A hotline, ey? "Hello, I wanna' report that there's a race that ain't my own! Help!"
Some people might have a bit of fun with that phone number. I wonder how long they will be able to keep it? 
Last edited Sun Aug 25, 2019, 07:32 PM - Edit history (1)
One man in Hillsborough resisted ...
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/burn-a-rebel-flag-get-a-free-chocolate-local-chocolate-shop-owner-denounces-confederate-symbols-near-store/
and he isn't the only one.
On Saturday, locals held a rally in support of Matthews chocolates, so many people bought chocolate that day Shepard sold out and had to close on Sunday.
“I didn’t do this to make money. This was not even in my realm of thinking,” explained Shepherd. “I was in Home Depot the other day and I got two fist bumps and a high five from people I don’t even know. They’re like a way to go, fight the fight, we’re all behind you. I’m like I just put a sign out it was there for an hour.”
“I didn’t do this to make money. This was not even in my realm of thinking,” explained Shepherd. “I was in Home Depot the other day and I got two fist bumps and a high five from people I don’t even know. They’re like a way to go, fight the fight, we’re all behind you. I’m like I just put a sign out it was there for an hour.”
