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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 11:32 AM
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Imagine being African-American and having to attend Strom Thurmond High School..
http://www.edgefield.k12.sc.us/sths/

How the Hell is this even allowed to happen?
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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 11:42 AM
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1. It gets even worse...
http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/72165

The school is about 60% African-American, which checks out with the town's demographics as per Wikipedia (which I trust because nobody would doctor this info for a small SC town).
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mstinamotorcity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 11:46 AM
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2. he was their HERO
he was one of those write-in candidates who was a racist bedding the bed of a black woman fathering a child he did not want anyone to know existed. Who I bet isn't privy to the Thurmond Estate or Name!!!!!!
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