Comments on: Marion Barry: Too Many Asian-Owned Stores http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Be http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1519 Be Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1519 no, that's not what i said.  no, that’s not what i said. 

]]> By: parkviewj http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1516 parkviewj Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:00:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1516 Relationship with "stores"...? What are you talking about? Are you saying that the white demographic (40% of the District) doesn't shop in DC? Relationship with “stores”…? What are you talking about? Are you saying that the white demographic (40% of the District) doesn’t shop in DC?

]]> By: Be http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1515 Be Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1515 i'm seeing lots of my friends on facebook agreeing with barry.  yet i don't see anyone blaming the parents for raising kids on a diet coming from these "dirty stores".  so much anger and distaste for these stores, but i'm take some extra mumbo sauce with my wings. i’m seeing lots of my friends on facebook agreeing with barry.  yet i don’t see anyone blaming the parents for raising kids on a diet coming from these “dirty stores”.  so much anger and distaste for these stores, but i’m take some extra mumbo sauce with my wings.

]]> By: Be http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1514 Be Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1514 he didn't.  nor does he have the deep history with DC that Barry does. nor does the white community in DC have the same relationship with stores as the black community.  he didn’t.  nor does he have the deep history with DC that Barry does. nor does the white community in DC have the same relationship with stores as the black community. 

]]> By: Bluehaire http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1511 Bluehaire Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:17:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1511 It seems there was a time when Barry was not an embarrassment and a joke:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry#Early_life_and_activism Ah - the good old days. It seems there was a time when Barry was not an embarrassment and a joke:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry#Early_life_and_activism

Ah – the good old days.

]]> By: Dan http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1510 Dan Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1510 Could you imagine the reaction if Tommy Wells had said this?  Could you imagine the reaction if Tommy Wells had said this? 

]]> By: Elijah405 http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/marion-barry-too-many-asian-owned-stores/#comment-1509 Elijah405 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15193#comment-1509 Indeed, a very nuanced issue that shouldn't have been reduced to an exercise in bigotry in the way it was stated by Barry. This is a divisive non-starter if one expects to have a conversation that is needed and puts people at odds with one another. Indeed, a very nuanced issue that shouldn’t have been reduced to an exercise in bigotry in the way it was stated by Barry. This is a divisive non-starter if one expects to have a conversation that is needed and puts people at odds with one another.

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