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Old 03-28-2014, 07:43 PM
 
Location: WY
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The article describes what happenend and also provides a link to a Washington Post story on this event:

Williams tweeted that he "hoped you would encourage diversity of thought." Lemieux shot back, "Oh great, here comes a White dude telling me how to do this Black thing. Pass," and "YOU. Now, leave, I have no interest in this conversation."

Read more: RNC Leader Reince Priebus Demands, Gets Apology from Black Magazine for Insulting Son of Juan Williams As a 'White Dude' | NewsBusters
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Old 03-28-2014, 08:40 PM
 
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She should've been fired. Luckily for her, she's a liberal
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Old 03-30-2014, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Texas
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She looked at his pic and thought he was white. No big deal.
On the other hand, the other comments she made should have gotten her fired.
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:11 PM
 
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She should've been fired. Luckily for her, she's a liberal
Bingo. If it was a white conservative, he'd be burned at the stake.
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Who cares what a irrelevant magazine like Ebony thinks. They're a relic from the past. They're constantly hemorrhaging money, they'll probably be out of business within ten years.

J.P. Morgan Gives Lifeline to Ebony and Jet Magazines - Deal Journal - WSJ

What Will We Really Be Losing in the Ebony/Jet Share Buyout? | MadameNoire
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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what possible difference does it make on twitter whether the tweeter is black or white? Twitter is words and ideas. By admitting that it makes a difference for her, she exposes herself as fundamentally racist. What a surprise...she's a liberal.
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:45 PM
 
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what possible difference does it make on twitter whether the tweeter is black or white? Twitter is words and ideas. By admitting that it makes a difference for her, she exposes herself as fundamentally racist. What a surprise...she's a liberal.
yep, right away she thinks "skin color" and attacks "a white guy" for daring to encourage diversity of thought.
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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what possible difference does it make on twitter whether the tweeter is black or white? Twitter is words and ideas. By admitting that it makes a difference for her, she exposes herself as fundamentally racist. What a surprise...she's a liberal.
It matters because the OP's article(or rather Priebus himself) was arguing that calling him white was in and of itself an insult. He indeed looks white in his picture, so calling him white was not meant as an insult but simply an observation.

Context does matter.

And no, it does not make her racist for doing so, are you really going to say that people in this nation have the same experiences, im guessing not, so what is so wrong with arguing that someone with the same possible experiences as yourself is more equipped to respond to you than someone who is not ??

Would you allow a mechanic to operate on your brain ?
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:50 PM
 
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She looked at his pic and thought he was white. No big deal.
On the other hand, the other comments she made should have gotten her fired.
She has said plenty of inflammatory things in the past that were overlooked. I'm surprised Ebony is now reacting.
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Old 03-30-2014, 02:51 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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yep, right away she thinks "skin color" and attacks "a white guy" for daring to encourage diversity of thought.
All She said was that Ben Carson sounds insane to her, Do you not do the same of Liberals ????
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