agent-maroon said:

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All that purple and gold in those scarves or whatever. Is this some kind of a Mardi Gras thing?

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agent-maroon said:

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All that purple and gold in those scarves or whatever. Is this some kind of a Mardi Gras thing?

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rab79 said:

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buzzardb267 said:

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I tried to post this on a Facebook page and received this message....

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Maybe if I posted a disclaimer...."Warning! Lying in the sun, naked, in your yard, while drunk, could be hazardous to your health and potentially not kill your COVID bugs!"

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agent-maroon said:

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All that purple and gold in those scarves or whatever. Is this some kind of a Mardi Gras thing?

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When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other top Democrats took a knee Monday on Capitol Hill to honor the life of George Floyd, the Internet's eyes jumped to the colorful fabric draped around their shoulders.
Kente cloth woven with vibrant strips of silk and cotton comes from Ghana, where people wear it to show patriotism or celebrate a special occasion. It is associated with royalty, pride and black identity.

Why did the Democrats sport it while unveiling a broad police reform bill?
"The significance of the kente cloth is our African heritage and, for those of you without that heritage who are acting in solidarity," Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told reporters at Emancipation Hall. "That is the significance of the kente cloth our origins and respecting our past."

edit to add more info about the wearers of kente.....

While Kente cloth was a product of a global trade route which stretched from Asia through Europe to Africa, this cloth and the people also came to be associated with another global trade routethe slave trade. In fact, the history of the Ashanti people, who lived on the West Coast of Africa, is strongly tied to the history of the slave trade.
As was true of many pre-modern societies in Africa, Asia and Europe, the Ashanti practiced slavery. When Europeans, specifically the Portuguese, came into contact with the Ashanti during the sixteenth century, both Europeans and the Ashanti traded gold, ivory, and slaves.

The early Ashanti Empire economy depended on the gold trade in the 1700s, by the early 1800s it had become a major exporter of enslaved people. The slave trade was originally focused north with captives going to Mande and Hausa traders who exchanged them for goods from North Africa and indirectly from Europe. By 1800, the trade had shifted to the south as the Ashanti sought to meet the growing demand of the British, Dutch, and French for captives.

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mazzag said:

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rab79 said:

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buzzardb267 said:

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I tried to post this on a Facebook page and received this message....

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Your post goes against our Community Standards on misinformation that could cause physical harm
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We encourage free expression, but don't allow false information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harm.

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Maybe if I posted a disclaimer...."Warning! Lying in the sun, naked, in your yard, while drunk, could be hazardous to your health and potentially not kill your COVID bugs!"

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You expected facebook to have a sense of humor?

I watch a shooting youtube channel where the host pulls out a corona bottle and and talks about the "beer situation" whenever he wants to refer to the virus because youtube is or was deleting anything about the virus.

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rab79 said:

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agent-maroon said:

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All that purple and gold in those scarves or whatever. Is this some kind of a Mardi Gras thing?

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When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other top Democrats took a knee Monday on Capitol Hill to honor the life of George Floyd, the Internet's eyes jumped to the colorful fabric draped around their shoulders.
Kente cloth woven with vibrant strips of silk and cotton comes from Ghana, where people wear it to show patriotism or celebrate a special occasion. It is associated with royalty, pride and black identity.

Why did the Democrats sport it while unveiling a broad police reform bill?
"The significance of the kente cloth is our African heritage and, for those of you without that heritage who are acting in solidarity," Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told reporters at Emancipation Hall. "That is the significance of the kente cloth our origins and respecting our past."

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and now arrogance, apparently.

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FriscoKid said:

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This will derail in less than a page.

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taxpreparer said:

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rab79 said:

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agent-maroon said:

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All that purple and gold in those scarves or whatever. Is this some kind of a Mardi Gras thing?

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When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other top Democrats took a knee Monday on Capitol Hill to honor the life of George Floyd, the Internet's eyes jumped to the colorful fabric draped around their shoulders.
Kente cloth woven with vibrant strips of silk and cotton comes from Ghana, where people wear it to show patriotism or celebrate a special occasion. It is associated with royalty, pride and black identity.

Why did the Democrats sport it while unveiling a broad police reform bill?
"The significance of the kente cloth is our African heritage and, for those of you without that heritage who are acting in solidarity," Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told reporters at Emancipation Hall. "That is the significance of the kente cloth our origins and respecting our past."

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and now arrogance, apparently.

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If a Republican had worn it they would complain about cultural appropriation

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