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I never said there wasn't.
Racism. The democrat legacy.
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Canelo Alvarez
He looks Irish.
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He's Mexican. You've never heard of Canelo Alvarez?
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He is of European ancestry.
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Yeah, so? He is Mexican. A lot of Mexicans have European ancestry. You know, Spanish is the most common European ancestry of Mexicans, right?
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So are Greeks and so are the Sumi.
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Why is Kampala persecuting these nice young white boys?
By and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN
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Dozens of suspected White supremacist gang members arrested in Los Angeles area in domestic terrorism investigation
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Photos Show New York Congressman in Blackface as Michael Jackson
Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican locked in a tight race for re-election, dressed as the pop star for Halloween as a college student in 2006.
Representative Mike Lawler of New York wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume when he was a college student almost two decades ago, according to photographs recently obtained by The New York Times.
The images, taken around October 2006, show a 20-year-old Mr. Lawler at a campus social gathering dressed as Michael Jackson. He is wearing a black shirt and a red jacket and, in one photo, is striking a signature Jackson dance pose. His face has also been visibly darkened.
Mr. Lawler, a rising Republican standout from the Hudson Valley, has frequently described himself as an ardent Jackson fan. But the photos are the first known instance of Mr. Lawler, who is white, dressing as the Black musician by wearing blackface, a practice that has long been considered racist.
The images may come into play in Mr. Lawler’s fight for re-election this fall against Mondaire Jones, a Black former congressman, in a suburban swing seat. The Republican is also in 2026.
Mr. Lawler, 38, did not dispute the photos’ authenticity. In a statement, he said that the costume was intended to be “truly the sincerest form of flattery, a genuine homage to my musical hero since I was a little kid trying to moonwalk through my mom’s kitchen.”
“The ugly practice of blackface was the furthest thing from my mind,” he said. “Let me be clear, this is not that.”
“I am a student of history and for anyone who takes offense to the photo, I am sorry,” he said, adding: “All you can do is live and learn.”
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