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Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
I am not sure what is worse. The horrible, blatant racism of this couple, or the fact that the AP is peddling this garbage as news. Welcome to the new world of racism. I hope you're not white.
Putting money back into your own community is NOT racism.
Originally posted by logician magician
... lol
Originally posted by OpusMarkII
reply to post by TheAssociate
It must be a bitch to get those stains outta of dem dar cloaks . I wonder if they buy only brands with out the Kosher symbol .
I'd like to reply but i'm not really sure what you're talking about. To which post are you replying and what kind of response do you seek?
TA
[edit on 12-5-2009 by TheAssociate]
Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to post by saturnine_sweet
It's not racist to help a demographic that needs the help.
Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to post by saturnine_sweet
If black people decided to buy only from whites, in an effort to support the poorer white communities, why would this be bad?
Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
I am not sure what is worse. The horrible, blatant racism of this couple, or the fact that the AP is peddling this garbage as news. Welcome to the new world of racism. I hope you're not white.
As a note: I think these people SHOULD be free to make their own decisions, like this, even if it IS overtly racist. However, to have them held up to the world as champions is sickening. Want to end racism? Stop making it us and them.
www.breitbart.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Originally posted by Kaytagg
If black people decided to buy only from whites, in an effort to support the poorer white communities, why would this be bad?
I agree that it shouldn't be "us and them,"
but calling this racist is hyperbolic. It's not racist to help a demographic that needs the help.
Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
Couple's 'buy black' experiment becomes a movement
www.breitbart.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Maggie and John Anderson of Chicago vowed four months ago that for one year, they would try to patronize only black-owned businesses. The "Empowerment Experiment" is the reason John had to suffer for hours with a stomach ache and Maggie no longer gets that brand-name lather when she washes her hair. A grocery trip is a 14-mile odyssey.
"We kind of enjoy the sacrifice because we get to make the point ... but I am going without stuff and I am frustrated on a daily basis," Maggie Anderson said. "It's like, my people have been here 400 years and we don't even have a Walgreens to show fo