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    1. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014

      At last night's mayoral debate, a resident named Earl Cowan shouted at Olivia Chow to "go back to China." http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/fear-loathing-and-the-race-for-torontos-city-hall/ … #TOpoli

      5 replies 34 retweets 10 likes
    2. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
      Replying to @DesmondCole

      Cowan told @ivortossell that Chow "speaks with a less-than-Canadian accent," and that she was "on the public housing system" #TOpoli

      2 replies 8 retweets 2 likes
    3. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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      I'm not surprised that someone in Toronto would spew racism so openly in Toronto. But I'm alarmed by the lack of response #TOpoli

      5 replies 27 retweets 25 likes
    4. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
      Replying to @DesmondCole

      What should we do when we witness overt racism? Why wasn't Cowan challenged by more of the audience members who heard his remarks? #TOpoli

      7 replies 25 retweets 20 likes
    5. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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      This is why I talk about racism every day. We all say we're against it, but when it looks us in the eye, we don't know what to do. #TOpoli

      9 replies 27 retweets 25 likes
    6. Jonathan Goldsbie‏Verified account @goldsbie 24 Sep 2014
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      @DesmondCole I suspect part of the reluctance is that if nothing in this person's life has disabused him of his racism, what hope do I have?

      2 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
    7. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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      @goldsbie To me, the point is to stand against racism every time, whether you can change the mind of the speaker/actor or not

      5 replies 5 retweets 18 likes
    8. Jonathan Goldsbie‏Verified account @goldsbie 24 Sep 2014
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      @DesmondCole Of course. It can't be allowed to pass. But it's sometimes assumed that a person is beyond conventional means of engagement.

      6 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    9. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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      .@goldsbie True. It's important for people to remember that a space where someone can be so openly racist is not safe 1/2

      2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
    10. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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      .@goldsbie It reminds me of how unsafe Ford Fest was for those LGBTQ demonstrators. The hatred seems to follow the Fords everywhere #TOpoli

      2 replies 8 retweets 8 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Sep 2014
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      @DesmondCole @goldsbie That's why I find the concept of normalizing useful. Fords have normalized bigotry in city.

      2:34 PM - 24 Sep 2014
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        2. doug‏ @DPHowat 24 Sep 2014
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          @HeerJeet @DesmondCole @goldsbie But by focusing on Fords' role it seems we're also building in a false solution: They go, the problem goes.

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        3. negro frolics‏Verified account @DesmondCole 24 Sep 2014
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          @DPHowat @HeerJeet @goldsbie The Fords matter because they use political power to legitimize hatred and division.

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