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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Takei: Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns.
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George Takei
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Congressmember Bass
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns.
"But I had the hopes and dreams of my mother who taught me I could face any challenge in my path by being compassionate and kind."
Next year, she will serve as our ambassador to the United Nations.
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George Takei: Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns. (Original Post)
soothsayer
Nov 2020
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Cha
(295,899 posts)1. WOW! L T-G is Awesome! Rt!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)2. My son would tell his friends that
if they wanted to get the worlds problems fixed they should put women in charge. I see Biden believes that too. Some men are just woke! And you can trace that back to the women who brought them up.
Biophilic
(3,477 posts)3. This is so amazingly awesome.
Much is not good about this country, but much is GOOD. I say we support the good. It's the right thing to do.
moondust
(19,917 posts)4. Don Lemon on CNN
mentioned last night that he also has ties to her home town of Baker, LA.
He (Don) attended Baker High School, a public high school in the town of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. Lemon was voted class president during his senior year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lemon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lemon