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Boomer

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10. Not everyone is giving him a pass on that comment

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 10:45 PM

May 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/22/black-americans-joe-biden-democratic-party-relationship

As for myself, I'm not black, so I can't presume to make comments about how anyone who is black should react, but I'm sure they can all form a reaction on their own without my input.

As a white person, however, my reaction on hearing another white person make that comment was to cringe in mortification. It would be refreshing to have a white person running as president who understood that it's not his place to tell people whether or not they meet his definition of a black person.

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Was it only me or did anyone else find Joe Biden's remark today (who is and isn't "black") [View all] no_hypocrisy May 2020 OP

No . . . Iliyah May 2020 #1

agree +100 abqtommy May 2020 #9

I really didn't care about it one way or another calguy May 2020 #2

How do you define unexamined? cachukis May 2020 #3

I have some issues with Joe Biden still ... LenaBaby61 May 2020 #4

Thank you for that graphic! BlueMTexpat May 2020 #11

IMHO, It was presumptuous of him to chide any African American for not being black enough. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #5

We all know musclecar6 May 2020 #6

Yeah. Jirel May 2020 #7

If you are talking about The Breakfast Club interview , here it is lunasun May 2020 #8

Not everyone is giving him a pass on that comment Boomer May 2020 #10

Definitely cringeworthy BlueMTexpat May 2020 #12

That's a non-sequitor as far as I'm concerned Boomer May 2020 #13

We do indeed! BlueMTexpat May 2020 #14

I thought it was funny JustAnotherGen May 2020 #15

Seems to me a lot of white people are allegedly upset by what he said. LanternWaste May 2020 #16