https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq Made with the best of intentions en-us 2021-05-20 17:21:39 UTC 2021-06-09 16:21:47 UTC hello@padlet.com gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1544914243 When the Democratic Party took up the mantle of Civil Rights in the mid to late 1960’s, black support went up for them. No Republican presidential candidate has received more than 13% of the African American vote since 1968.]]> 2021-05-20 17:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1544914243 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595596544 This article mostly talks about how Tim Scott once, in a speech responding to Biden, said that America was not racist. The article goes on to say, "...simply saying America is not racist, but then turning the other cheek and saying it is racist in subtler terms and that racist things have been done to you makes it ok." In this quote, they are saying that just because racist things have happened to them, it does not make it okay for America to be racist.]]> 2021-06-09 12:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595596544 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595598931 This article speaks about if Obama fulfills MLKs dream. One of the quotes says, "The election of a black man to the presidency has forever changed the outlook of African-Americans, but it has not changed our circumstances." This quote is saying that just because the people have elected a black president, it does not mean that there is not more racism. ]]> 2021-06-09 12:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595598931 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595627628 Another article speaks ont he same topic regarding Tim. One of the quotes in this article says, "But racial disparities exist in the US healthcare system, its criminal justice system, its educational system and its economic system." These are just a few of the many examples of how racist America is.]]> 2021-06-09 12:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1595627628 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1596027960 Kamala Harris is the first black vice president. In her speech, she made it known that she is the first but definitely not the last. It took years but now we finally have a black woman in office!]]> 2021-06-09 15:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/rgfeel1ldv3puzgq/wish/1596027960