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Srkdqltr

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5. Dearborn Michigan has had the reputation of being a closed community.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 12:03 PM

Sep 2024

In the past it was very racist white. In fact they have a park , Camp Dearborn, where people did not have to associate with black and other people at a public park.
Now Dearborn is predominantly Middle Eastern. Which is a male dominated group.
So ... this is not surprising.

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JoJo of Dearborn Michigan is a brave person. From twitter [View all] irisblue Sep 2024 OP

Sure hope they are ok. efhmc Sep 2024 #1

Seems to be a lot of men in the audience, and less women, and the only ones to Bev54 Sep 2024 #2

I googled a bit, they spoke at this meeting in 2022. Religious patriarchal men in groups can be hate filled irisblue Sep 2024 #3

So if people are posting videos on social media they should acknowledge when it happened. Bev54 Sep 2024 #4

I relate it to going to the card catalog of a library, some of the books are recent, some are older irisblue Sep 2024 #6

Yeah, unless you have seen them before it is hard to know but the person putting it on Bev54 Sep 2024 #7

Dearborn Michigan has had the reputation of being a closed community. Srkdqltr Sep 2024 #5

JoJo would have gotten a reception every bit as hostile anywhere in the 70sEraVet Sep 2024 #8