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Washington mother upset her daughter was asked to pick cotton in class
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| April 30, 2014
| Evan Bleier
Posted on 04/30/2014 2:43:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:13:34 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: defconw
I was wondering about that, as well. I was just going to post a question about how old her grandparents could possibly be?
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:13:39 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: Jewbacca
The airing of grievances traditionally occurs after the fourth cup of wine in the Seder.Thanks for clearing that up.
What I don't know about Jewish traditions could fill a book.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:14:00 PM PDT
by
Semper911
(When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
To: JoeProBono
“see what it was like to be a slave.”
Just keep voting for Democrats and you’ll find out, kid.
Soon.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:15:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: stylin19a
Well, yes, her grandparents could have picked cotton but on farms. I don’t remember there being any plantations in the 50’s, which is when I remember seeing trucks go by, hauling cotton pickers to the fields.
My mother picked cotton on their farm in the 30’s and 40’s. Nobody called it a plantation.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:16:10 PM PDT
by
jch10
(The Democrat mascot shouldnÂ’t be the donkey; it should be the tick.)
To: Black Agnes
I think your dad has a great idea, and I would love to hear about your cotton experiment.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:16:31 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: JoeProBono
So it would be OK to ask a White kid to pick cotton?
Bunch of filthy racists!
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:16:35 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: Jewbacca
108
posted on
04/30/2014 4:17:55 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: vetvetdoug
My Grandmother had a hard time selling aspirin to the blacks in her little store because they were too proud to pick the cotton off the top of the pills.Now that is funny!
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:22:10 PM PDT
by
WesternPacific
(The herded sheep have finally arrived at the slaughter house.)
To: I want the USA back
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:25:03 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
precisely.... they would have killed those trying to steal them away from their homes in Africa (who were in fact Africans and black)....but that would be wrong of me to say
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:26:58 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: JoeProBono
her grandparents were raised on a plantation to pick cottonQuick! Get her into the Guiness Book of Records for being the widest span of years between generations!!! Me thinks mama is protesting too much. Flat out lying, imo. Get over herself. Not doing the assignment deserves an F.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:28:39 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: JoeProBono
“My daughter is African American “
So is she African or American? A person can’t be both.
To: JoeProBono
Oh her grandparents were not on a plantation. How old is this school age child, 102?????
BTW, my mother and her sibs picked cotton (not on any plantation of course, but as a sharecropper’s kid) and we’re white. Did you really think only blacks picked cotton???????
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:38:35 PM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: JoeProBono
That looks like it’s from the era when my dad was a kid and picking cotton.
They couldn’t afford to take pictures of that though, these must be rich people :P
To: MayflowerMadam
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:41:44 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: Usagi_yo
It was an over reach in presenting this as a way to see what it feels like to have been a slave. Perhaps they should have had it as an exercise to see what it was like to be an indigent laborer.Well, this is the problem.
It's the picking of cotton that is made to be the issue instead of the fact that slaves were forced to pick cotton or die.
These people are so ignorant that they revere symbols[he had to pick cotton!!] to the exclusion of what's truly important.
Liberty.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:43:06 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: Bigg Red
I’ll try to remember to post an update to the garden thread. My mom and dad both talk about toting that big heavy bag from one end of the row to the other.
To: Patriot Babe
You think the sheriff could be everywhere, on each field? You’re funny.
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:46:07 PM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: Keli Kilohana
West Virginia. Miner's child digging coal from mine refuse
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posted on
04/30/2014 4:48:17 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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