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Racism in NH?

It appears in 2012 that racism is alive and well in NH, and being used by Republicans to stir the masses to action.

"It"

This was how the former leader of the Republican Party of NH referred to the President of the United States in a recent mailing meant to stimulate people into protesting an upcoming Presidential Visit.

Not "Our President," not "Obama," not even "he" - this person used the word "it"

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Perhaps this won't surprise many of you but members of the Northeast White Pride do this as a common practice, as they would never refer to a black person using a personal pronoun.

What did surprise me yesterday was the sheer number of vile comments that accompanied the news articles on Patch concerning Obama's visit. It became apparent that this man is not alone in his hatred, not alone in his racist hatred.

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I guess his letter got to the right people, and gave them the right message, and its obvious it was,

"There's a black man coming to town, and we know how to deal with … "it".

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