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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:59 PM Original message |
BREAKING NEWS: The Secret White World is not really Secret |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Enthusiastically recommended |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Now, if you'd please explain the overabundance of nail salons |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think Nail Salons are everywhere........ |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Eddie Murphy did a rather humorous take on "Undercover in White America" that is a classic |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Ohhhh, Eddie Murphy was SO funny once upon a time... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. It was a take off on the great classic "Black Like Me" |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The book "Black Like Me" was on my required reading list in high school... |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
58. Everyone should either read Black Like Me.. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Thanks |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. That's such a classic! |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's your theory as to why supermarkets aren't in these neighborhoods? nt |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Cost of produce |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I would suggest looking up the word "segregation." n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Off the top of my head, I'd say it has to do with money and profitability..... |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I agree with the money issue as a big part of it |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. this is where unregulated Capitalism has taken us |
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bluescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. There can be another way. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. That was always my thought on those 60s era white only lunch counters |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. New Haven has a Shaw's supermarket in a predominantly minority neighborhood! |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Yes, and it happened in CT of all places. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Comment? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Because they aren't in the absence of political pressure. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. my opinion on why supermarkets aren't in these neighborhoods |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Truth! K&R! |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. another good resource for info: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thanks! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. To whoever drew the Crayon Map... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is an old map, that is true...... |
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Leo The Cleo (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good Thread |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. "don't confuse me with the facts..." |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. KnR |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Room for one more? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Frenchie, 'WE' already know. It's the white world that doesn't |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Deleted message |
JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
81. Now, had I said something about... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well done! Kicked and rec'd. What's terrifying is that you got this OP all chock full of info |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Prisons for Profit is also another of the newer tools in the institutional racism kit! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
46. And getting rid of |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
67. Prisons are also ideal for marginalizing anyone who refuses to tow the line |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. And then a color-coded map of my city (Philadelphia) appears |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. I've spent a lot of time in Philadelphia looking at real estate. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. If that was from 1936 |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. kick and rec'd with a fist in the air |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Excellent OP! |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Recommend!! Best post in a long time. There you go again. Throwing facts into the conversation. |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. K and R. Don't forget that in many minority neighborhoods property poorly appreciates. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And of course, that brings to the fore Property tax revenue and school funding.... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Makes it quite difficult for folks to find the boots so they can use the straps |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. Funny - I posted something about this totally independent of your post. |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. How many times can I recommend this? I know, ONE HUGE time. N/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. It all adds up. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Excellent post |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Isn't this more about poverty than race? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I think you have a point, but only to a point.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. But poverty is due to exploitation, discrimination . . . |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
43. Everyone who goes on and on about how "the poor are just lazy and immoral" |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Great post! |
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NeoGreen (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
49. K&R and Book Marked n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. Excellent post! Thanks krnt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. It isn't a secret. Just watch White store clerks follow around Black customers |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. yes... I walk in, no prob, black friend walks in, he gets watched. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. topics for research class |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. so true... |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. pitzer college graduate here |
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Gator_Matt (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
61. A conspiracy of untold proportion, or simple economics? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. You may not like it, but I grew up in it |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Lynched by Corporate America |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Conspiracy and it is of course now global fascism . . . |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
62. And why do you think that is? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
63. K&R - I grew up in such a neighborhood and can vouch for everything you're saying here |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
68. I posted this report on my site and this letter as an afterthought. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
69. k i c k |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm not sure what day it was, but there came a day when we invented the dollar . . . |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. Kicked and recommended. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
74. I think what we have to really understand is that the myths of "inferiority" . . . |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
77. Well, there's honestly no "Great Conspiracy". |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Slavery was an economic enterprise..... |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. And THAT reply = non sequitur. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Whew! I thought it was me... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Thank you... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. "Classism is the new racism" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. For most of us poor folk who live among the poor folk of all color... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Now you add completely unnecessary melodrama to the foolishness that you spouted before |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. There you go again... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. You do realize that typing words interspersed with "fuck" and "shit" does not make them sentences? |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Yes, it's all about cash now, JuniperLea. |
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