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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:00 PM Nov 2020

George Takei: Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns.


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George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
Tears.

Congressmember Bass
@RepKarenBass
Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns.

"But I had the hopes and dreams of my mother who taught me I could face any challenge in my path by being compassionate and kind."

Next year, she will serve as our ambassador to the United Nations.
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George Takei: Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in a town where the KKK burned crosses on lawns. (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
WOW! L T-G is Awesome! Rt! Cha Nov 2020 #1
My son would tell his friends that lunatica Nov 2020 #2
This is so amazingly awesome. Biophilic Nov 2020 #3
Don Lemon on CNN moondust Nov 2020 #4

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. My son would tell his friends that
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:13 PM
Nov 2020

if they wanted to get the world’s problems fixed they should put women in charge. I see Biden believes that too. Some men are just woke! And you can trace that back to the women who brought them up.

Biophilic

(3,704 posts)
3. This is so amazingly awesome.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:14 PM
Nov 2020

Much is not good about this country, but much is GOOD. I say we support the good. It's the right thing to do.

moondust

(20,014 posts)
4. Don Lemon on CNN
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:47 PM
Nov 2020

mentioned last night that he also has ties to her home town of Baker, LA.

He (Don) attended Baker High School, a public high school in the town of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. Lemon was voted class president during his senior year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lemon
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