• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 days ago

    Do you think he may have possibly changed his views on such things in the intervening half-century?

    Robert Byrd started in the KKK and died a champion of civil rights, endorsed by the NAACP.

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      5 days ago

      In 2020, during a radio interview, Biden said “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black”

      Also in 2020, Biden stated that "unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things

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        4 days ago

        You have different kinds of racism, Joe is the old uncle who means well but isn’t all that bright. The thing is, he updates his view unlike your other uncle, Don, who is more concerned with updating their library of racist jokes.

        Crazy to think both were adults during segregation.