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Re:Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for voting whi... by chasing on Friday March 30, 2018 @11:43AM (#16717039)
Do you notice the color of the woman's skin? There you go.
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Re:Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for voting whi... by trhway on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:05PM (#16717275)
voting while black. Or poor. Rephrasing that old saying - steal a vote and you get 5 years in prison, steal an election and you get to be the President.
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Re:Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for voting whi... by root_axis on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:33PM (#16717553)
I would argue that it is not racist to notice someone's skin color.
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Re:Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for voting whi... by tarboreus on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:33PM (#16717551)
Seriously? It's 2018.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/color-b...

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