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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:46 PM Original message |
"The United States has always maintained a white underclass .." Joe Baegent |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. But damn, are they proud |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bob Dylan, 1964. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Reminds me of a few lines from the movie Mississippi burning. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Great example. Now the middle class is turning on each other about pensions, benefits |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. while drinking champagne |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yep, he could bring the black back down to his level, but |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is why Martin had to go. He had moved on to economic |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. And Fred Hampton. He was assassinated shortly after making-- |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm one of his people |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'm part of the white underclass. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. the Appalachians is different than the rest of the South. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Tim Wise talks a lot about this... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They have to keep them divided. If they would begin to cooperate |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Great point. I wish I could see this too. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. "THEY" *are* seeing this. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Don't bet on it. It is a problem of organizing and working together |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, I AM "betting on it". I know that I AM HERE, and I know from my email that many others, are, |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Here's his speech about White Privilege |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. thanks for the link, MrScorpio. I will check this out. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. DYNAMITE! This is about the most powerful thing I have ever heard from DU. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Could you suggest any books by this person? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Here you go! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Thanks! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. "White Like Me" is also a really great book. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. That was well worth reading... |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. one of the best post and threads ever / thank you |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Another DUer recently wrote about this, and when the perception changed. |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. you know what else is depressing |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. While ugly comments are depressing, the real KILLER is SILENCE. |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. thank you so much for posting this |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You are very welcome. I hope you will talk about it, and pass it on to others. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Really? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. DU is billed as "progressive". Usually, with some exceptions, poverty threads get little attention. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Well, your assumptions... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. And most of these people self-identify as middle-class |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R +1,000,000,000,000 |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rest in peace, Joe 1946-2011 |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Brilliant - Joe Bageant will be sorely missed. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Keep people pitted against each other |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. Don't forget the decimation of America's Unions and Union Workers |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. If Jed Clampett can raise his station in life, others can too. |
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