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JustAnotherGen

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1. Hmmm

Reply to Catherina (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:34 PM

Feb 2012

I understand the sentiment of the black woman quoted . . . However - (I'm a child of a black/white marriage with a touch of native) identify as black.

I think there is a LOT MORE than a John Lennon quote antagonizing black American women. In general, with good reason, and I don't believe the majority caucasian feminist movement in America should be burdened by it.

I'm far more disturbed by Hollywood reducing us to sluts, 'sapphires', tragic mulattos, and jovial yet efficient maids - than I am a Lennon quote or the feminist movement. Make sense?

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