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Saturday Open Thread

Posted on February 2, 2019 by rikyrah

Have a great weekend with family & Friends! ICYMI

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Video & Transcript | The Case for REPARATIONS by Ta Nehisi Coates

Posted on May 24, 2014 by rikyrah

Ta Nehisi Coates’ article, The Case for Reparations in the Atlantic. Bill Moyers & Ta Nehisi Coates SG2: “This ISH is EMBARRASSING! white income in 2011 was 72% higher than blacks. Where’s the outrage? When women were making 77 cents … Continue reading →

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Rep. Louie Gohmert Advocates Sharecropping As Welfare Reform

Posted on September 29, 2010 by rikyrah

My father was a tobacco sharecropper in rural Southern Maryland for the county judge.  We all helped tend the crop, and I can tell you right now, that there was nothing more honorable for my father than to own his own land, … Continue reading →

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