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BumRushDaShow

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13. At one time
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:35 AM
Aug 2021

Brazil Nuts were sold as this -



What is "absurd" is the lack of education about what white supremacy did in all aspects of life - whether by law or by culture and a myriad of symbols ingrained into society as a "norm" (which includes product promotion) and yes, sculptures, statues and "rocks", and how these impact on a continually marginalized demographic.

When you have what became a LOCAL symbol of hate and racism that this particular rock was assigned from its historic presence there, then it behooves to just step back.

This was just a "post" -



And it had an obvious notorious history yet was given a venerated place in Delaware -



Until the shit was removed.



Right now, the biggest travesty that needs to be blasted off the "rock" is this -

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