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Vivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth 'useless' 2 months after posting a video celebrating it (www.nbcnews.com)
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[+] -32 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

What would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive?

Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846?

Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, I'm suggesting he isn't black.

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  • [+] -15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And what color does his skin appear to you?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Brown.

    Black means someone of African/African American origin

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  • [+] -12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No it doesn't. E.g. Elon Musk is of African origin, and there are many black people of European origin. Black means someone with dark brown skin.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're really determined to keep doubling down instead of just admitting you're wrong, aren't you?

    BTW Elon is of Dutch/English origin. Not African.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Being black and not having civil rights in the mid 19th century are not the same thing.

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