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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Thank goodness we are finally in line with those geniuses from Syria and Nicaragua.

    When will finally stop paying for Obama being black? Scary times. At each moment when anyone thinks the Trump base will finally see a glimmer of light they just double down. They won't win in the end but the Bannon and that little dweeb Miller and crowd sure are doing to cause a ton of damage along the way.
    What??? Still no comment to the video posted before you?

    Sucks when someone contradicts the group think, doesn't it?

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Not just "growing numbers." You do know that all reliable census data shows that there are far more fatherless white non-hispanic families than fatherless black families in the USA, right? The reality is that the percentage of single-parent or fatherless families increases if you ignore race entirely and control for income and education level (specifically--the likelihood of being in a single-parent/fatherless family is far more likely to be tied to those other factors than race). So let's stop with the not-so-subtle racist attitude suggesting that this problem is somehow rooted or connected to someone's racial background. It's not. It's about economics and educational opportunity. But who wants to discuss that when there is a subgroup to blame?
      Misleading. That's total #, not %.

      Black = 6.33M; 66%
      White = 8.9M; 25%

      That's actually a stunning number. Sit in a room, look to your left, and your right. Only one of you has two-parents at home.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Not just "growing numbers." You do know that all reliable census data shows that there are far more fatherless white non-hispanic families than fatherless black families in the USA, right? The reality is that the percentage of single-parent or fatherless families increases if you ignore race entirely and control for income and education level (specifically--the likelihood of being in a single-parent/fatherless family is far more likely to be tied to those other factors than race). So let's stop with the not-so-subtle racist attitude suggesting that this problem is somehow rooted or connected to someone's racial background. It's not. It's about economics and educational opportunity. But who wants to discuss that when there is a subgroup to blame?
        Good point. But the question in regards to economics and education, which came first the chicken or the egg? Does lower economic and educational opportunity lead to higher rates of fatherless families? Or do fatherless families lead to lower economic and educational opportunity?

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          #19
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Good point. But the question in regards to economics and education, which came first the chicken or the egg? Does lower economic and educational opportunity lead to higher rates of fatherless families? Or do fatherless families lead to lower economic and educational opportunity?
          It also brings up the question, why then is the US government so focused on race instead of economic level when dealing with these problems? Many Republicans have suggested they eliminate the focus on race and instead focus on economics to solve some of our nation's problems. It seems to fall on deaf ears. Or worse, those who disagree accuse those Republicans of racism for even making the suggestion.

          As some are always looking at European nations as models, why is it so difficult to find racial breakdowns of their populations? Because they don't keep those statistics as we do. For example, racial censuses have been banned by the French government since 1978.

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            #20
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Any comment? Been waiting for awhile.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru4SVUlNfMY
            those stats are highly misleading as to what causes poverty in this country.

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              #21
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              What??? Still no comment to the video posted before you?

              Sucks when someone contradicts the group think, doesn't it?
              Don't need an extra video when I can see clearly and plainly that Bannon and Miller are nationalistic, isolationist, PRO-WHITE AMERICAN at all costs. The ugliest side of "America" is "winning"....for now. Not to mention that Bannon has never spent 30 seconds in his entire life with a coal miner.

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                #22
                There are not that many election cycles left that will include voters who remember and adore Archie Bunker.

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  There are not that many election cycles left that will include voters who remember and adore Archie Bunker.
                  Bannon is the 21st century's reincarnation of Archie Bunker.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Bannon is the 21st century's reincarnation of Archie Bunker.
                    Edith and Gloria are a dying breed. No one wants to be or wants their wives or daughters to be "great again" like those ding bats.

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                      #25
                      Denial even up to very recently used to be the thing, as in please stop with calling every slight, injustice, and inequity racist. Now folks have become much bolder, especially now that folks have Trump in the saddle to create and provide cover. Now folks are just coming straight out and daring others to challenge their RIGHT to be racist....because, after all, being racist and all that entails are how things are supposed to be. Now part of the cover are appeals to "free speech" with the rejoinder "if you don't like my free speech get the heck out of my country."

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                        #26
                        Unless we are in their shoes we'll never know. But history tells us we still have a long way to go to perfecting that perfect union. Before you judge others look at your own history. I'm sure at some point in our life we all experienced racism and injustice. However, the black is different in a sense that they unlike many of us got off the wrong boats. So think a little bit that might help.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Denial even up to very recently used to be the thing, as in please stop with calling every slight, injustice, and inequity racist. Now folks have become much bolder, especially now that folks have Trump in the saddle to create and provide cover. Now folks are just coming straight out and daring others to challenge their RIGHT to be racist....because, after all, being racist and all that entails are how things are supposed to be. Now part of the cover are appeals to "free speech" with the rejoinder "if you don't like my free speech get the heck out of my country."
                          Well said!

                          You must be talking about the black students at Evergreen college in Washington demanding a 'No whites day'.

                          http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/college...day-on-campus/

                          If not for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Well said!

                            You must be talking about the black students at Evergreen college in Washington demanding a 'No whites day'.

                            http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/college...day-on-campus/

                            If not for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.
                            Awwwwww. Poor baby. You don't like how it feels to be so blatenly excluded for so silly a reason as skin tone?

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              those stats are highly misleading as to what causes poverty in this country.
                              Not within the population she is addressing.

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Don't need an extra video when I can see clearly and plainly that Bannon and Miller are nationalistic, isolationist, PRO-WHITE AMERICAN at all costs. The ugliest side of "America" is "winning"....for now. Not to mention that Bannon has never spent 30 seconds in his entire life with a coal miner.
                                Bannon and MIller did not make that video and have nothing to do with what Josephine, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, is saying. Try to address her points.... if you can.

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