America is the gold standard in racial progress


	America is the gold standard in racial progress

jay8h

10-21-2009 1:22 PM

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10-21-2009 2:04 PM

foxyarse

Jay your right...over in Europe ethnic minorities are grossly under represented in politics and commerce...and every other sphere. In the Islamic world, they are treated as little more than slaves.

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