2016 Postmortem

fleur-de-lisa

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Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:36 AM

Mar 2016

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Talking About Race In This Election [View all] bigtree Mar 2016 OP

K&R fleur-de-lisa Mar 2016 #1

Rec because it is important JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #2

@bigtree serbbral Mar 2016 #3

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case in point from a new poster bigtree Mar 2016 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #8

BS heaven05 Mar 2016 #37

Thanks for preserving that to show what we're up against from some quarters Hekate Mar 2016 #64

"All whites have ever done to blacks is show them love and kindness" What the EVER LOVING FUCK Number23 Mar 2016 #72

Go away,troll.nt sufrommich Mar 2016 #7

This...is an awesome OP. Bravo. sufrommich Mar 2016 #6

K&Rrrrrrrrrrrrr kydo Mar 2016 #9

rec riversedge Mar 2016 #10

K/r, bookmarked, all of it. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #11

Oh my, bigtree, this is fantastic. kaiden Mar 2016 #12

A wonderful post, bigtree. book_worm Mar 2016 #13

Thank you UtahLib Mar 2016 #14

K & R! displacedtexan Mar 2016 #15

I wish-- JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #16

Read this once quickly thucythucy Mar 2016 #17

Came back to do a more careful reading thucythucy Mar 2016 #68

Thank you for this, it's incredibly heartfelt and personal. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #18

+1! eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #27

What you are describing IMHO is Tribalism monicaangela Mar 2016 #19

My experiences 2naSalit Mar 2016 #20

Thank you. K&R lamp_shade Mar 2016 #21

Great post, thank you! mountain grammy Mar 2016 #22

+1! eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #26

k&r bigbrother05 Mar 2016 #23

I am filled with awe and admiration. Koinos Mar 2016 #24

That was an awesomely beautiful BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #25

K & R Alfresco Mar 2016 #28

Very nicely written. fun n serious Mar 2016 #29

K & R to an wonderful post. eom KitSileya Mar 2016 #30

So what you are saying is: Vote Bernie! Correct? yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #31

lol Hiraeth Mar 2016 #32

Wow. Just, wow. Stuckinthebush Mar 2016 #33

There is indeed a better way. lovemydog Mar 2016 #34

Religion birthed the Division... though to many are blinded by it. ConsiderThis_2016 Mar 2016 #35

Lecturing about race in this election.... AlbertCat Mar 2016 #36

as it should. elleng Mar 2016 #39

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Gee, why don't you explain it to them? mcar Mar 2016 #50

Well bless your heart gwheezie Mar 2016 #51

You are speaking gibberish, AlbertCat nyabingi Mar 2016 #53

+1. Wow. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #55

I'm not sure you even get it passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #60

Thanks for this EffieBlack Mar 2016 #70

thank you heaven05 Mar 2016 #38

talking about race in the campaign is very important...But just repeating over and over again Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #41

You say: 'Racism certainly isn't chic anymore,' elleng Mar 2016 #42

Bigtree you are a giant among giants. Please keep sharing your thoughts. Fla Dem Mar 2016 #43

Huge K&R Treant Mar 2016 #44

Isn't everyone impacted by race? malthaussen Mar 2016 #45

Define impacted... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #75

"impacted," I should say, as in "affected." malthaussen Mar 2016 #76

Thank you for your reply... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #77

Bravo! BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #46

Peace. K&R fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #47

K&R mcar Mar 2016 #48

wow. one_voice Mar 2016 #49

Oh, wow! lunamagica Mar 2016 #52

What an amazing OP. Thank you. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #54

Beautiful. (This should be published somewhere bigger than here.) NurseJackie Mar 2016 #56

This is one of the finest pieces of writing I've ever read on this site wysi Mar 2016 #57

Beautiful piece bigtree FreedomRain Mar 2016 #58

Thank you Rose Siding Mar 2016 #59

KnR, bigtree Hekate Mar 2016 #61

Wonderful post Bigtree! Lucinda Mar 2016 #62

Hear Hear. great white snark Mar 2016 #63

K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #65

K&R DesertRat Mar 2016 #66

K&R Sissyk Mar 2016 #67

a good conversation about race would be more than just "let's talk about white v black" MadDAsHell Mar 2016 #69

Kicked and bookmarked for later reading Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #71

Nice OP but it really belongs in GD instead of here IMHO. nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #73

An excellent piece! lexington filly Mar 2016 #74

Excellent OP... Spazito Mar 2016 #78