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Category Archives: Blacks
Kosher Racism?
From a post on Frum Satire: Yesterday, my tichel clad wife took our son to the park. Even though it was about 5 or 6 pm-ish, there was a fair amount of kids still running around. My son began to … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged bad influence, jewish kids, jewish mom, orthodox jewish parents, valid perspectives, what on earth
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Jackie Sherrod
Claire Spark writes on FB: “This was a very skillfull highly propagandistic speech that adroitly played the race card while pretending to be about reconciliation. It is a typical black nationalist demand for reparations. As propaganda: brilliant. She creates a … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Race
Tagged black president, klan attack, obama, reparations, sherrod
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Dennis Prager: ‘Only Blacks Have Leaders’
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager says: “The very idea of black leader, I find unpersuasive. Blacks have leaders but whites don’t have leaders. Hispanics don’t have leaders, asians don’t have leaders. Only blacks have leaders. Do you know … Continue reading
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Tagged al sharpton, asian leader, bad joke, Dennis Prager, google search, jewish leader, liberal media
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Dennis Prager: When Will American Blacks No Longer Be Angry?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: Americans voted for Barack Obama hoping to get rid of [racial] tension “that mostly blacks feel. “In the opinion of most Americans, there is far more anger from blacks towards whites than … Continue reading
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‘We Love You N——‘
Many Seventh-Day Adventist churches divide up by race. There are Korean churches and black churches and the like. I remember that interracial marriages were discouraged at Avondale College in Australia where I grew up (until my parents and I moved … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Blacks
Tagged avondale college, korean churches, oakwood college, sabbath program, seventh day adventist churches, six bullets
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Seen and Heard At A Shabbos Table
* The Orthodox couple are in their thirties. They’re having guests who are new to Orthodox Judaism. The host wife keeps using the word “shvartze” and then apologizing for it. Her rabbi says Jews shouldn’t use that word. The husband … Continue reading
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Tagged abject apology, honey don, Ohr Hatorah, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, shabbos table
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Are There That Many Racists Out There?
Yes, I believe there are. I believe that about a quarter of non-black Americans do not like black people and that most of these people vote Republican. I think a significant reason for the amount of racist vitriol online is … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Race
Tagged chicago sun times, everyday conversation, logan square, messy job, polite society, vitriol
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