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Old 09-19-2017, 10:58 PM   #513 (permalink)
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Do you think that making a big to do out of "first black whatever", is good for race relations? While i understand the importance it can have for the black community, given the history here, i think stuff like that is generally dumb to even recognize. It feels very much like an everyone gets a trophy situation. Unless its some monumental achievement like going to space i tend to not care at all, so im definitely bias here.
What is wrong with it? I think it is good to know positive figures from the past.

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