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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:17 PM Original message |
Wow-DUers have you read Jim Webb's Wall Street Journal Op Ed |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I posted this this morning |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wow - why? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's true |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think it's also true that the civil rights benefits for Afro-Americans |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Emancipation was a grand irony |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If you can't compete with the rich, you are free to take the jobs that the rich create |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. True enough |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Freedom from chattel slavery........ |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
79. WOW |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
80. WOW |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
95. Wage slavery outsources the maintenance of the slave to the slave himself |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. It's a scary idea |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. British philosopher Thomas Carlyle |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #106 |
121. That's what I don't get either |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #101 |
114. other part of that is: slavery typically found where population is relatively sparse; slaves |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. That's an interesting point |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I could only guess |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. The day the "Middle Class" (Democrats & Republicans) understand... |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. If I could recommend your post, I would. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
56. That's why people like Glenn Beck are given so much voice and power. |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
99. Good post! |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
125. HERE, HERE!! |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
139. Been saying this a long time |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. michael parenti: race, gender and class struggle |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
88. You could not be more wrong about what Webb is up to here |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
108. It took very little time as a politically aware adult............ |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, the South got raped by Re-construction, didn't it? Has it ever recovered? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. That is not Webb's point of view at all. Look up his two books, or at least read reviews of them. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Webb Calls For White Americans To End ‘Government Directed Diversity Programs’ |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Webb comes from a poor white state |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "Webb comes from a poor white state"? n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
127. Webb comes from a state with a history of slavery and segregation. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Virginia isn't a poor state |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yup, it's less white than average too |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
93. Webb is a fucking panderer here. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
97. I come from Mississippi. That is the actual "poor white south" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
61. +1 nt |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Affirmative Action for Southern Baptists! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. very true |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
75. I affirm that they can smoke my atheist pole |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
129. An anatomical impossibility |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
111. BINGO! No more calls we have a winner |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's saying Shirley Sherrod was right; economic class is THE primary determiner of rights. nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. That is the context of his op ed |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That is not what he's saying |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. He really cannot be arguing to get rid of programs |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. His argument is bogus, and |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. you apparently do not understand his argument |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It's a bogus argument |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. you also do not seem to understand my post |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. "CLASS-based preferential laws, not race, is the biggest problem in American society." |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. The answer to your question is right there in what you quoted. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. That's rich |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #78 |
100. Well... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
113. Statistics |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
107. I don't know what you're talking about. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
144. in 1970, about 30% of blacks were poor. Today, about 30% of blacks are poor. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
133. Most people on welfare are actually white, numerically speaking. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #133 |
142. Absolutely agree, but that's not what the Op-Ed is about. nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Excellent post |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
49. "...an argument for need-based programs is a bad thing" because it is WAAAAAY more Dangerous! nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. Outstanding summary - thanks. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. "He didn't make the argument that diversity puts whites at a disadvantage. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. At least inside the beltway, white small business owners do have a disadvantage |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #90 |
148. he didn't say wasp elites are suffering. he said they've fallen by the wayside, & the meaning is |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. There was a time when there was a lot of inter-marriage among |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I disagree - he's also pointing out that there is also |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "You are right - there are errors here but his Op Ed does facilitate a discussion" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I don't get that he is calling for dismanteling them, but, rather, for expanding their criteria so |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
60. In that case, both Sherrod and Webb are wrong. Danny Glover can't even |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
130. Glover can't get a cab in NY because the cabbie is afraid that Mel Gibson is lurking in the bushes |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. This reminds me of a song by Dylan |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. Jim Webb is VERY aware that "this is a discussion of class." When I heard his interview on NPR... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. This is intelligence? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. where is your pragmatism? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "can democrats win without white votes? " |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Thank You! Can people really claim that Class discrimination doesn't happen? Please see |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. He didn't say "never, ever." He is trying to get at issues of economic class... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Oh please |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Newcomers may well experience institutional racism |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. "Webb's point...poor whites have also been experiencing institutional racism for a very long time." |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That is not what he is saying |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. "The system has exploited lots of people and not only Afro-Americans." |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. So, are you saying this DOES NOT happen? or that it DOES NOT MATTER? And if you are |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That's the entire problem with basing this debate on Webb's article |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Poor white workers vs. wealthy non-white immigrants, for example... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Agreed! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Though the debate doesn't have to be based solely on Webb's article, responding, by saying |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. BTW, for any credibility here, you need to admit that you DID say "discrimination against Whites |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. "moved affirmative action away from remediation and toward discrimination, this time against whites" |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. In general, unless you are connected, the laws do allow for special business loans |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Poor white people |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. So you are saying that the poor white boy should have less help in trying to escape |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. WTF? And I'm still going to answer your question |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
145. I didn't say it has ended. I'm saying there has been a grand propaganda |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. nice spin. you're good at this. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. More so-called spin |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
92. maybe because white people *are* suffering? most poor people in the US, fyi, are white. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. What a great argument |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
109. "matter *more*"? that's your malicious spin. |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #72 |
96. How is it you keep using that quote but fail to understand what it |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. "'the poor and the black' means both groups." |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. My question to you would be who has said that only whites |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. If you want to rationalize away |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #98 |
110. & no one said or implied it did -- except *you*. you also implied that only black people were |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #110 |
134. I did no such thing. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #134 |
146. your post #72: |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Thanks for your comments |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. ! |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. Wow -- I was ready to criticize this, but after reading it, it's food for thought. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. Kicked and recommended. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. Martin Luther King showed us how to deal with this problem. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
64. Can't help but wonder what Ms. Sherrod's opinion would be about this topic. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
65. Can't help but wonder what Ms. Sherrod's opinion would be about this topic. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
67. This is why Jim Webb's article is totally off base |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. I've been saying it since long before DU existed, this is the one and only issue. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
73. This article has been a great discussion starter |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
74. Here's a point for discussion |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. +1 |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
119. Are there no people of color in positions of trust and authority anywhere ? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. I think he may be fully aware it is a discussion of class |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. Why does this race baiting oped have recs on DU? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. WASP are people too, and they're suffering. n/t |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
117. Yeah. It is not like our whole cultural system is rooted |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
123. And we all know there are no poor people who are white. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Who said there are no poor white people? |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. "WASP are people too, and they're suffering." |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Webb specifically mentioned WASP elites, and maybe you're not |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #132 |
141. "WASP are people too, and they're suffering." |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. It's a dog whistle |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
115. +1000 nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
135. I recced it -- it should be recced |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. I plead ignorance on Webb and Tailhook but I just googled and |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
136. I recced it -- it should be recced |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
89. After the Civil War it wasn't just freed slaves (blacks) who were at a disadvantage> |
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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
91. It is a discussion on class - with a big nativist theme |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
103. Southern Strategy |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #103 |
118. Good statistics, thanks. n/t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
105. Rich white male declares white privilege to be a myth |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
112. "Irish Protestants;" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #112 |
137. THANK for you not calling it a "famine" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #112 |
140. hardly. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #112 |
143. Highland Scots had been living in northern Ireland |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
122. Interesting article, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
126. California's discrimination laws apply equally to all races. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
131. He's full of shit. |
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Optimistic (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
147. He will be switching parties soon |
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