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White Won
Slate ^ | November 9, 2016 | Jamelle Bouie

Posted on 11/09/2016 3:29:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

We are still the country that produced George Wallace. We are still the country that killed Emmett Till.

Around 11:30 on Tuesday night, I left CBS News studios in New York City to take a walk and call my wife. We talked about the election. We talked about the very real chance of President Donald Trump. We talked, just to talk. But we didn’t talk long. We had to do work. I had to write. And she had to figure out what she would say to her students, many of them Hispanic, most of them young children of immigrants.

Heading back, I walked past a conversation between two cops. They were outside the building, on duty. They were black. And out of some need to keep talking, I walked over and jumped into their conversation. Neither officer questioned me or shooed me away. Instead, they invited me to commiserate with them.

“I can’t believe this. I just can’t believe it,” said one of the officers, the younger of the two. The other just shook his head. I asked the younger officer what he thought about all of this—about President Donald Trump. “This is deep, man. This is deep. Who am I supposed to be protecting now?” He looked down at his uniform. “Why am I wearing this?” He didn’t need to explain. The Donald Trump who won the presidency on Tuesday is the Donald Trump who demanded execution for five boys, wrongly accused of a crime. He is the Trump who ran on a platform of “law and order.” The age of Trump will be an age in which police can act with impunity....

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: blacks; handwringers; leo; racism; trump; whites
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Best election ever.

I killed Emmett Till? I wasn't even born then.

1 posted on 11/09/2016 3:29:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

i guess this idiot didn’t get the memo the race card is nul and void from overuse.


2 posted on 11/09/2016 3:31:07 PM PST by rolling_stone (not this time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When a Professional Race Baiter speaks to his wife, it goes something like this article. He sees the world through Sh*t Colored Glasses all the time.


3 posted on 11/09/2016 3:32:18 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

George Wallace was a Democrat scum, ya puke.

/obviously not directed toward you, 2nd...


4 posted on 11/09/2016 3:33:18 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: piytar

And he was considered a “moderate” segregationist.


5 posted on 11/09/2016 3:34:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

My new show idea: Black and Hispanic are the new White


6 posted on 11/09/2016 3:35:17 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
most of them young children of immigrants.

Just keep that lie going, don't they?

They refuse to tell the truth by clarifying that nobody is against "immigrants." We are against ILLEGAL immigrants.

They equate illegals to "immigrants", declare us all racist against Hispanics and run with it.

They are liars, and they ought to get a bloody mouth for making their accusations.

7 posted on 11/09/2016 3:35:28 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

White Won? No, RIGHT Won.


8 posted on 11/09/2016 3:36:03 PM PST by IronJack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This author is ignorant, but there’s a kernel of truth in there, what I think people like him don’t realize is that it was the left who introduced identity politics into our polity, not the right. The right was singing the praises of individualism, but the left was talking group rights. Eventually, white people woke up to the fact that if everyone was acting on behalf of their group, white people would be fools to completely close their eyes to it.


9 posted on 11/09/2016 3:36:56 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suspect this article is 99% fiction


10 posted on 11/09/2016 3:37:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

+After whites gave Obama two terms, its still a racist country. My suggestion? Get the hell out.


11 posted on 11/09/2016 3:37:54 PM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: rolling_stone
Here's what I find both hilarious and disturbing.

Even if whites are voting for self-preservation (which by extension is preserving the country as well), this benefits both blacks and legal Hispanics too. What would happen if whites were being outvoted? The country would descend into lawlessness, and then you'll have an elitist group of white liberals calling the shots.

12 posted on 11/09/2016 3:39:00 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trump that Beyotch!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, that’s because there are more of them right now... duh.


13 posted on 11/09/2016 3:39:53 PM PST by TruthBeforeAll
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We are still the country that produced George Wallace. We are still the country that killed Emmett Till.

Just out of curiosity, which party is associated with these atrocities?
George Wallace; Republican, Right? Wrong!

What a maroon

14 posted on 11/09/2016 3:41:16 PM PST by stormhill
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To: Secret Agent Man

Not really a good pitch.

One of the most conservative people I know is a Hispanic person whose wife actually played by the rules to come here legally. It was a colossal pain in the @%%. For obvious reasons, they both loath illegals.

On top of that, one of my best business partners is a black man who despises the entitlement mindset.

It’s not about black or Hispanic or white. It’s about who WORKS and who abides by the LAW. And who does NOT.

Libs (modern form) apparently just can’t grasp those concepts.


15 posted on 11/09/2016 3:41:40 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

*shakes head* These people are certifiable..


16 posted on 11/09/2016 3:43:20 PM PST by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
White lost, too.

Assigning a racial motive to those who voted for one white candidate over another requires some serious mental gymnastics, not to say outright dishonesty.

17 posted on 11/09/2016 3:44:40 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: piytar

Its a slam on Van Jones’ dumb ass comment this morning.


18 posted on 11/09/2016 3:46:02 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He was talking with IMAGINARY POLICE OFFICERS, IMHO.


19 posted on 11/09/2016 3:48:24 PM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jamelle, dude! Take a Midol, change your tampon. You'll feel much better in the morning.


20 posted on 11/09/2016 3:51:49 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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