[lbo-talk] Why Blacks opposed Prop 8 -- and a simple way

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Sun Nov 16 11:37:23 PST 2008


At 05:10 PM 11/14/2008, Chris Doss wrote:


>Seriously, I do not understand the passionate objections here. Why
>are you so pissed off at the idea that blacks from the south (which,
>ultimately, is most American blacks) partially share a worldview
>with whites from the south? It would be amazing if they didn't.
>What's the problem?

You haven't been saying they partially share a worldview. You've been saying that they voted a certain way because of it and you haven't offered much in the way of evidence for any of this at all.


>I meant that white Southerners often have different views on race
>than black Southerners (obviously).

Well, that's a pretty goddam big exception isn't it?



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