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Topic subjectRE: Maybe so, but he certainly did not come from a black neighborhood
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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