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MADem

(135,425 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 07:26 PM Jul 2016

Let's play "Find The Black Person!"

Paul Ryan took a big old 'honking' (Yes, that was bitter and pointed intended to mimic as well as mock the clueless racism of this gathering) a selfie with Young Republicans!!!!

A picture IS worth a thousand words!!!!


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Let's play "Find The Black Person!" (Original Post) MADem Jul 2016 OP
Hiding behind the column liberal N proud Jul 2016 #1
Well isn't that a swell photo The Polack MSgt Jul 2016 #2
I finally found her! Croney Jul 2016 #3
You know you have a problem The Polack MSgt Jul 2016 #4
Lol treestar Jul 2016 #17
Odd, but there seems to be plenty of black Trump spokespeople/supporters on Fox and CNN Doodley Jul 2016 #5
but she's not. k8conant Jul 2016 #6
Well found! I take it back and apologize to Paul Ryan and the GOP! Doodley Jul 2016 #7
Be funny as hell if she slid in there on a dare/bet.... nt MADem Jul 2016 #9
You know that guy who does that TV show "Dirty Jobs?" MADem Jul 2016 #8
And another one brer cat Jul 2016 #10
For some reason--and I freely admit I could be wrong-- MADem Jul 2016 #13
Certainly could be. brer cat Jul 2016 #15
Found her! nt MrScorpio Jul 2016 #12
Found the Latino or Asian dude. nt MrScorpio Jul 2016 #11
There are two people in that room who are not melanin deficient. MADem Jul 2016 #14
Well on Their Way to to Political Scandals lib87 Jul 2016 #16
They all look like they were made at the same factory that churned out those MADem Jul 2016 #18
OMG, BUT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! There's MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MADem Jul 2016 #19
That really freaked me out at first. betsuni Jul 2016 #23
GOP Children of the Corn, House of Representatives-style! nt MADem Jul 2016 #25
She's in the upper right hand corner ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #20
What's funny is the need some people have treestar Jul 2016 #21
It's hilarious! One glance is all you need, yet some people are whipping out magnifying glasses betsuni Jul 2016 #22
LOL! I know!!! MADem Jul 2016 #24
I think it reinforces it Warpy Jul 2016 #26
Good luck in finding a non-white at the GOP convention Gothmog Jul 2016 #27
I am watching! I saw "one!!!!" Ooops, never mind--he's security.... LOLOL! nt MADem Jul 2016 #28
Holy damn... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #29
Dem response: Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #30
Priceless! nt MADem Jul 2016 #31

Doodley

(9,092 posts)
5. Odd, but there seems to be plenty of black Trump spokespeople/supporters on Fox and CNN
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 07:33 PM
Jul 2016

Some polls find zero black support for GOP voting intentions, and this photo does paint a thousand words. You know, if there was a single black person there, he or she would be positioned right at the front.

Doodley

(9,092 posts)
7. Well found! I take it back and apologize to Paul Ryan and the GOP!
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jul 2016

The racial diversity is much better than I thought!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. You know that guy who does that TV show "Dirty Jobs?"
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 08:07 PM
Jul 2016

Those people are probably doing a dirtier job than he ever did (and I've heard he's a wingnut, so he'd be a fine one to interview those folks).

I have got to believe that family gatherings, reunions, holidays, etc. have got to be awkward for those quislings!

There IS a black person in this picture--I'll give you a hint--she is way to the back and to the right.

brer cat

(24,565 posts)
10. And another one
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 08:14 PM
Jul 2016

third row from the back just left of Ryan's head. Just part of the face visible.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
13. For some reason--and I freely admit I could be wrong--
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 09:22 PM
Jul 2016

I'm getting a south Asian vibe from that player!

brer cat

(24,565 posts)
15. Certainly could be.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:31 PM
Jul 2016

The only thing for sure is that it is a sea of white faces, the perfect image of republicanism.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
14. There are two people in that room who are not melanin deficient.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 09:25 PM
Jul 2016

They're both in the back of the room--one slightly to the left - looks like a guy, but I am not positive, and a woman on the right side of the room in the back. I think the guy is south Asian (but I could be wrong) and the woman is of African heritage.

The bottom line, though, is that is some blinding whiteness up in there. That is just too white a crew IMO.

lib87

(535 posts)
16. Well on Their Way to to Political Scandals
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:33 PM
Jul 2016

Cocaine use, prostitutes, hypocrisy, infidelity...continued bad haircuts.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
18. They all look like they were made at the same factory that churned out those
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 01:29 AM
Jul 2016

Stepford wives....

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
20. She's in the upper right hand corner ...
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 08:24 AM
Jul 2016

about four people in ... behind the guy in the gray suit ... though photoshop might be an issue here.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
21. What's funny is the need some people have
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:17 AM
Jul 2016

when confronted with that photo of overwhelmingly white people, have the need to closely look to attempt to find someone who is not white.

Like that undermines that point.

betsuni

(25,531 posts)
22. It's hilarious! One glance is all you need, yet some people are whipping out magnifying glasses
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:38 AM
Jul 2016

and bickering over skin tones.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
24. LOL! I know!!!
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:48 PM
Jul 2016

What it does, really, is ILLUSTRATE the point!

Reminds me of Tee Rump... who rambled along at one of his speeches saying something like "The BLACKS" (said with that emphasis) "just LOVE me--I mean, they LOVE ME!! See, I got my African American" (what a choice of words and the SINGULAR, too) "right HEEE-ah!!"

I think the pic of all the interns with Ryan's face, though, was a stroke of pure genius. An effort well worth it!!

Warpy

(111,263 posts)
26. I think it reinforces it
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 01:08 PM
Jul 2016

That party has so few POC that it's outdone "Where's Waldo?" in a random gathering.

The only thing worse would be if Ryan had insisted on seating both of them in the front row as tokens.

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