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Old 01-12-2010, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel View Post
I doubt that. Not to mention, the example being bandied around about Trent Lott is like comparing apples and oranges. Sorry, wishing that Strom Thurmond had won the race for president, a segregationist who would have made sure that the civil rights movement had never taken place, is not the same as assessing the likelihood that a light-skinned black man would be able to win an election for president.
You know the media, the CBC and the NAACP would be all over this if Sen. McConnell or Baynor had said it. Still a double standard IMO but I have said my piece and counted to three.
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