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157837, RE: Maybe so, but he certainly did not come from a black neighborhood Posted by The Damaja, Wed Mar-01-06 07:39 PM
>Which was the point I was disputing. > >He came from a pretty privledged, upper middle class >background. His mom was an executive. He went to private >school until he asked to go to public school instead. > >This goes again the perception he's spun about being poor. I >recall him saying something to the effect of "I don't think >race is a big issue. To me, what's bigger is poor and rich, >and so I think a poor white guy has more in common with a >black guy who's likely poor as well than the rich white guy", >as his way of sort of alligning himself with blacks. >
did he actually say he was poor though? the only time i've actually heard this 'grew up in a poor black neighbourhood' story is on Okayplayer in discussions like these
>His mom came from a shitty background, but he did not. QT >might be white trash
such a disgusting expression
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