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'White elevators’ sign spotted at Republican National Convention
NY Daily News ^ | 07/17/2002 | MEG WAGNER

Posted on 07/17/2016 6:16:11 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

This year’s RNC may be a grand old segregated party.

Republican National Convention organizers are scrambling to replace signs labeling a bank of elevators the “white elevators.”

The Jim Crow-esque signs were seen in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, where thousands of Republican delegates, politicians and supporters are expected to formally nominate bombastic businessman Donald Trump as their party’s presidential pick this week.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: cleveland; nydn
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To: Yo-Yo

Got there before me!


61 posted on 07/17/2016 8:07:20 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Gaffer

And OMG!! They have WHITE WALLS! !!!!


62 posted on 07/17/2016 8:11:45 AM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: dila813

They will NEVER stop with this sh!t until you squash them. It really isn’t about what they say.


63 posted on 07/17/2016 8:12:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Kid Shelleen

There’s a hospital nearby me that labels its wings by color—the Medical Office Building is the Green Building, there’s a blue, and there’s a white. What were they thinking? /S


64 posted on 07/17/2016 8:21:04 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Kid Shelleen

Nancy Pelosi made an anonymous call to Rachel Maddow.


65 posted on 07/17/2016 8:21:28 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: FrankR

Red elevator. See they accommodated Elizabeth Warren


66 posted on 07/17/2016 8:24:49 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Kid Shelleen

So, what was this? A prank? Or did they use different colors (e.g., red, white, blue) to clarify which elevators to use to get to specific seating areas e.g., delegates, donors, spectators, media, etc.)?


67 posted on 07/17/2016 8:28:22 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: FrankR

Where is my elevator? I have a meeting with Kendall Unruh. We must stop Trump
68 posted on 07/17/2016 8:31:13 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Gaffer

Sounds like a Democrat Dirty Trick to me. No Republican would do such a thing—that is so 1960s. Once again trying to bring up the race card—get them black votes!


69 posted on 07/17/2016 8:41:13 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Dem black voters will stay on the Democrat plantation if their masters in the DNC-media complex lie to them and spread hateful memes on socialist networking media sites.

The Trump-Pence logo was compared to the swastika, it was compared to a white supremacist logo, and it was compared to phallic penetration.

There are no adults in the room anymore.


70 posted on 07/17/2016 8:48:40 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Then hospital at Fort Riley had white trash cans outside...and being the army, somebody had dutifully stencilled ‘Trash’ on them. I always chuckled at the ‘white trash’ cans...maybe I should have been offended.


71 posted on 07/17/2016 9:06:16 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: Gaffer
No, the other elevators are High Yeller and Field Hand. And don't even get me started about why only the white phone has courtesy.
72 posted on 07/17/2016 9:09:09 AM PDT by katana
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To: BobL

-—Why would the CITY OF CLEVELAND, which owns the convention center, still have “Whites Only” signs on their elevators?-—

There are no “whites Only” elevators...

Just white elevators...


73 posted on 07/17/2016 9:10:42 AM PDT by Popman (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: katana

You RACISS! :0)


74 posted on 07/17/2016 9:11:25 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: lacrew
Being the ARMY, some sarge saw privates with nothing to do so he ordered them to paint the trash cans.

Makes them look more sanitary that way!

75 posted on 07/17/2016 9:20:16 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma deuce)
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To: Yo-Yo

Many buildings color code elevators and doors to distinguish their proper use.


76 posted on 07/17/2016 9:28:41 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: babble-on

Are you upset about there being white zones for loading and unloading but no stopping in the red zones?


77 posted on 07/17/2016 9:30:54 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Vendome

since people are color blond (more men than women) they then have to put up signs or paint words like (white) because people don’t always recognize the color. I like 1-2-3-4- and o on.


78 posted on 07/17/2016 9:31:42 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Vendome
Many buildings color code elevators and doors to distinguish their proper use.

Perhaps, but that sign was clearly put up by the RNC because it matches the motif of the rest of the convention.


79 posted on 07/17/2016 9:34:16 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Yes, absolutely. Most democrats don’t know that the KKK was affiliated with their party.


80 posted on 07/17/2016 9:47:26 AM PDT by GingisK
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