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Libralind2
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Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 447
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 02:08 pm: | 
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Lawmaker Under Fire for Slavery Comment
By BOB LEWIS
AP
RICHMOND, Va. (Jan. 16) - A state legislator said black people "should get over" slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize "for killing Christ," drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues
Del. Frank D. Hargrove, 79, made his remarks in opposition to a measure that would apologize on the state's behalf to the descendants of slaves.
In an interview published Tuesday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Hargrove said slavery ended nearly 140 years ago with the Civil War and added that "our black citizens should get over it."
The newspaper also quoted him as saying, "are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?"
Black lawmakers swiftly denounced Hargrove's comments.
"When somebody tells me I should just get over slavery, I can only express my emotion by projecting that I am appalled, absolutely appalled," said Del. Dwight C. Jones, head of the Legislative Black Caucus.
Del. David L. Englin also criticized Hargrove's remarks, recalling that his grandparents were driven from their homes in Poland "by people who believed that as Jews, we killed Christ."
When Hargrove rose to speak, he told Englin he didn't care about Englin's religion. "I think your skin was a little too thin," Hargrove said as lawmakers gasped and groaned.
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3403
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 02:34 pm: |
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Why don't Hillbilly Hargrove git over the Civil War?
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Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 670
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 03:12 pm: |
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-- black people "should get over" slavery (?)
One might think that "they" need to get over the color of their skin, thickness of their lips, nappiness of their hair, size of their behinds, etc., first. The Slavery issue isn't going to go away anytime soon. It's become a convenient crutch.
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Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6765
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 03:16 pm: |
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I'm sure you'd agree, Nels, that Jews also need to get over the Holocaust. |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3021
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 03:32 pm: |
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All people need to get over everything and quit living in the past!! That's what I think about it!!!
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Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6768
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 03:56 pm: |
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Yes, we should learn from the past and then move on. |
Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1544
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 04:13 pm: |
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"It's become a convenient crutch."
True........
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Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 7884
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 04:46 pm: |
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Foks. The issue isn't just slavery. The issue is all the bvllshyt that happened AFTER slavery.
The issue is mofos (including Pres. Bush & dead Chief Justice Reinquist) owning properties whose deeds expressly PROHIBITED Blacks buying and selling their properties.
The issue is a little over 30 years ago, about half of the Black foks in the country had to risk their frickin' live to VOTE. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3027
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 04:57 pm: |
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Yeah. And now that we can vote 9/10s of the Black population probably doesn't even bother.
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Yukio
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Username: Yukio
Post Number: 1596
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 06:53 pm: |
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abm: right...not just votes but wealth! It is strange how people, especially folk Hargrove's age, conveniently forget Jim Crow.
Furthermore, people have misunderstood the role of MLK in the CRM. Erroneously, many think he was only for black and whites holding hands singing 'We Shall Overcome.' That is ridiculous! What happened to voting, desegregation, his poor people's campaign, and anti-vietname positions? |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 675
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 09:08 pm: |
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Yukio --
"It is strange how people, especially folk Hargrove's age, conveniently forget Jim Crow."
For some folks, letting go is hard to do. And...not doing so frequently retards the senses, as in the "common" types.
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