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WhiteTara

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14. one of my favorite lines from some novel

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 10:59 PM

Dec 2017

was...."and it was as cold as Christian charity." So true that it has stuck with me.

Thanks for appreciating my comment. I am so aware of my white privilege that I am shy to speak. Who am I to say a single thing? Except of course, Thank You.

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Nah, White Women ... You Cant Have This One [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2017 OP

Exactly nycbos Dec 2017 #1

This awesome. Thank you SO much for posting it! EffieBlack Dec 2017 #2

I posted on one of your threads. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #3

Yes MSNBC needs to line up MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #4

Gawd, I would love that. qwlauren35 Dec 2017 #9

All of the above and something that AMAZES ME MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #13

Thats a brilliant idea! Im going to pitch it to my friend whos starting media school bettyellen Jan 2018 #49

Yes! Celebrate and document MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #50

At our Christmas dinner prayers, we thanked them.Now, Alice11111 Jan 2018 #51

I am grateful to the Black Women of Alabama WhiteTara Dec 2017 #5

Well said, WhiteTara. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #6

one of my favorite lines from some novel WhiteTara Dec 2017 #14

"and it was as cold as Christian charity." sheshe2 Dec 2017 #23

Fact, everything you said is a fact. Thanks for speaking up. MLAA Jan 2018 #52

I thank you, MLAA. sheshe2 Jan 2018 #53

Our Saving Grace Me. Dec 2017 #7

Hmmm. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #10

Indeed Me. Dec 2017 #21

Nailed it! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #8

Yes it did. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #11

This makes me so angry..this narrative of "women" did it nadine_mn Dec 2017 #12

Yes. Yes. YES! MontanaMama Dec 2017 #17

I have to laugh at what white lawmakers consider obstacles nadine_mn Dec 2017 #18

They turned their backs on their OWN CHILDREN. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #24

They do this over and over, turn their backs on their own family. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #38

They turn on their own every time. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #39

Well here's one white woman who stands securely with my African American sisters. calimary Dec 2017 #28

Dems would do well to remember this important lesson IronLionZion Dec 2017 #15

The pundits make up a narrative brer cat Dec 2017 #16

Spot on. Thank you Sheshe lunamagica Dec 2017 #19

To all black women who led the way... RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2017 #20

I have not researched all the vote numbers, but only 40.4% of Alabama voted. 58Sunliner Dec 2017 #22

40% is high for a special election kwassa Dec 2017 #37

Especially in Alabama. They have other elections which only have 18% voting. 58Sunliner Dec 2017 #40

If only White women could vote, Trump wins big and so does Moore. Yavin4 Dec 2017 #25

I hear/read you JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #32

+1000. NT The Polack MSgt Dec 2017 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #36

One of the best Moore-Jones threads I've read. Finally giving credit where credit's due. NBachers Dec 2017 #26

I get that Black women turned out to vote wasupaloopa Dec 2017 #27

After 2020 JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #33

It's not utopia to understand we all need each oother. None of us alone can change what is going on wasupaloopa Dec 2017 #35

I disagree on dividing us JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #43

Getting that seat was amazing. POC saved Dem ass irisblue Dec 2017 #44

iris blue - you asked it well JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #45

I agree with what I think you are saying GaryCnf Jan 2018 #54

PREACH IT Skittles Dec 2017 #29

Spot on, sheshe2. TygrBright Dec 2017 #30

Thank you She! radical noodle Dec 2017 #31

Sheshe💖, how you always manage to bring it irisblue Dec 2017 #41

Thanks, iris. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #42

let's hope heaven05 Dec 2017 #46

The watchword is vigilance MrScorpio Dec 2017 #47

They breed under the rocks. sheshe2 Dec 2017 #48