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Originally posted by Phasad1913
Yeah, and furthermore, I think that she just gave the other side a huge source of disdain which will fuel the people who don't want to hear that kind of crap. It's not just whites who are not always up to hearing comments like that, but I think a lot of blacks don't want to hear stuff likfe that either. I mean, say something of substance, say something that is really relevant to what the community faces. Either she is ignorant of those issues period or she really doesn't know how to relate to our community. If the latter is the case, then we already had to deal with that with Bush so she better get with it or lose the black votes she THOUGHT were in her pocket.
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Well, first of all, is there any one way to relate to a particular group of people? Blacks aren't a monolithic group. We have different social and political interests, in addition to different expectations in terms of how people should address us. For every black person who is tired of hearing crap about plantations and slavery, there are a few blacks who might find her comment humorous or accurate.
However, for the sake of discussion let's pretend things are simplistic and it is easy to figure out how to "relate to our community." Are people really surprised that Hillary Clinton does not know how to do so? What really makes these politicans different from most other whites? Are politicians expected to know how to pretend better than other whites are?
Sorry, T La Rock, LL killed it. 
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