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Iggo

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1. Do you think we don't understand what powerful whit people think about us?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:30 PM

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We absolutely do. We’ve lived our entire lives, for generations, understanding it.

The ones you can’t get to are the militarily brainwashed and the upwardly mobile who think their money makes them white and gets them a seat at the table.

Shall we talk about white women next? They need to understand, too, right?

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