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luckyleftyme2

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10. racial overtones

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Reply #9)

Sat May 26, 2012, 07:02 AM

May 2012

Many new englanders think that racism was only in the south; well it was and is still alive for the native american. In rural Maine many native americans cannot find a decent job. I know of several paper mills that would not hire native americans until probably the late 50's. And if they did hire one the poor guy was harassed.
that has changed for the better today but you can still feel the undercurrent.

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Elizabeth Warren and why is ABC News all over this story and why the double standard? [View all] chelsea0011 May 2012 OP

You answered your own question...where did Gail Huff work? MADem May 2012 #1

Thanks. I didn't know Gail Huff has been working in DC. and the ABC connections. chelsea0011 May 2012 #3

Maria wasn't forced out--she chose to leave. MADem May 2012 #5

Thanks. I kind of vaguely remembered she didn't want to leave. chelsea0011 May 2012 #6

Well, she couldn't or wouldn't shut up about that turd she was married to...! MADem May 2012 #7

My great-grandmother told me that her grandmother was Choctaw. LuvNewcastle May 2012 #2

And therein lies the issue with candidate Warren chelsea0011 May 2012 #4

I've been told all my long life that I have a little native peoples in me! MADem May 2012 #8

the truth about native american mix luckyleftyme2 May 2012 #9

racial overtones luckyleftyme2 May 2012 #10

Yes, I concur. This is still too common in Aroostook County--which isn't a hotbed of high MADem May 2012 #12

The ancestor with the supposed native blood is a bit of a mystery! MADem May 2012 #11