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In reply to the discussion: What is Southern Heritage? [View all]JonLP24
(29,700 posts)in seeing or not seeing color, I wasn't trying to imply he was racist because he was white or anything negative. Just that I could merely 'see' he was white. I didn't get that sense from him personally, I remember in the campaign he often made of point in addressing discrimination, affirmative action, hate crimes, etc. The only problem w/ HCL I have is 10 seems arbitrary but given the level of proof you need to establish a hate crime motive it could be reasonable but there is a bias in application as hate crimes against Muslims have risen to 5 times to level it was after 9/11 (in East Mesa like right after two guys killed a Sikh in a convenient store) that is with a low under-reporting as particular police departments share the same hate. My point was nothing was intended nothing other than to say I could see he was white when it fact respected his efforts.
The Sergeant from Jamaica was a former Marine and if there was one place he loved to talk about it was DC. He enjoyed the city but can't remember the full details of his detail but tells me a story of where he was standing somewhere and Bill Clinton was walking by (unexpected or like the feelings of seeing a celebrity) he saluted and said Clinton said "Hello Marine" with the salute returned. Can't remember all the details except the quote (2006 was when I heard it)
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