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It's not a burning cross...it's an artistic glowing cross. And just like that, Drag Queen Bingo at Melon Fest in Howell is done because of safety concerns.
Eau claire suspended five football players. school officials say there was an image of a burning cross and at the university of georgia, swastikas found on message boards of two residence halls. school officials also report stickest and posters being left on light poles and bus stops around campus. imagine how alarming that is. we're hours away from a high-stakes meeting, president trump meeting with executives from the vaping instrument and public health groups, in light of his reversal by his proposed ban on all favorite vaping. we'll have more, coming up. the amount of student loan debt...
Great example of that. so yes. but the problem is we have infrastructure problems, human infrastructure problems in this country right now and uncertainty and uncertain times breed extremism. >> stephanie, you know, this used to look easy. it used to be a burning cross, a white hood. it's not that simple anymore. it's people who look like us who go to work every day. these attitudes aren't as easy to pick out. it's the casual racism, frankly, that we hear the president speak of on his twitter feed every day that we're experiencing. >> then counter it with more love, more compassion, and caring...
We have political leaders still dancing around the phrase, acting as if they didn't know there was some sort of racial aspect to the comments. i think it's sad, it's disheartening, and it speaks to the way people have prized politics above morality above actual values in this country. i think we over simplify race often. and unless there's a kkk robe, burning cross that somehow racism is not happening you can ask any african-american, we know that racism often comes in the form of coded language. people won't say how they really feel. they're going to let you know you're not want ed. >> trump'...
That's violence, the klan. and using of the burning cross. >> well, this is a true story and ron stallworth did speak to david duke on the fume and the grand wizard thought that ron stallworth was of aryan race. so make up your own mind how smart they are. they aren't einstein. >> left me ask you about the news now. the whole history of minstrels. >> came out in 2000, that film came out. >> you're a prophet. you're way ahead of your time. but the business of blackface. i grew up a white kid, obviously, my dad had us watch -- i go what's this all about. i noticed the sequel in the late '40s, th...