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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Aug 31

    The ceremony starts late as the nation mourns and celebrates the Queen of Soul. https://usat.ly/2wCI5FQ  #ArethaFranklinFuneral #ArethaHomegoingpic.twitter.com/QzZq0uCN6O

    7:49 AM - 31 Aug 2018
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      1. 1DayBetter‏ @tontonlove Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        1DayBetter Retweeted Detroit Free Press

        @USAToday Find you a writer like this:https://twitter.com/freep/status/1035542324288335872 …

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        Detroit Free PressVerified account @freep
        No, Aretha Franklin's funeral hasn't started yet. It'll begin when it begins. #ArethaFranklinFuneral WATCH LIVE: https://on.freep.com/2NxHn3Z 
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      1. #ScandalAfterGlow ❤‏ @awesomeonica Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Listen... the service started on time. Y'all just didn't know🙅🏾‍♀️ #ArethaHomegoingpic.twitter.com/7vJ7bsXlQ6

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      2. #IRespectDaFuckOuttaKaepernick7‏ @Spanky2345 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        You should've talked with your Black staff before tweeting this!!! It starts when it starts... Period!

        2 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
      3. IamTrueHate‏ @_IamTrueHate Aug 31
        Replying to @Spanky2345 @USATODAY

        Black staff??pic.twitter.com/3Vtv9rqHGW

        1 reply 1 retweet 20 likes
      4. #IRespectDaFuckOuttaKaepernick7‏ @Spanky2345 Aug 31
        Replying to @_IamTrueHate @USATODAY

        IKR

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1.  🌊 🌊 Robin  🌊 🌊 My vote has been paid for in BLOOD!‏ @solidadvice1981 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        No one worried about the time but y'all. Leave it alone.

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      1. THANOS WAS RIGHT  ☠️‏ @dcjanfan Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        There is no such thing as starting late at a black funeral. Your lack of diversity is showing

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      1. niecy@281‏ @niecy281 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        pic.twitter.com/x02Mf7VT9j

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      2. shanchan‏ @ShanChan_37 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Umm, have you ever been to?...oh never mind...let’s just say in the black church, everything happens in it’s own time. As they say, “You can’t rush the Lord”...

        1 reply 1 retweet 54 likes
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      1. INMYOPINION70‏ @InMyOpinion70 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        The Ceremony starts when the Ceremony starts. Show no dis- RESPECT on this Day @USATODAY #ArethaFranklinFuneral #ArethaHomegoing #Ripqueenofsoul

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      1. Melody Jackson‏ @Melodypj4 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Awww...too tacky 'ceremony starts late'....why can't you just have written kinder words...? Why?

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      1. Broke but Fancy‏ @perverta_flack Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Y'all clearly never been to a Black funeral

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      1. Hank Neloms‏ @MongoSlade64 Aug 31
        Replying to @PinotGreasyYo @USATODAY

        😆😂

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      1. SB‏ @Phillysb386 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        I reported this as targeted harrassment......pic.twitter.com/AJAPQj78zt

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      1. Triceydub‏ @triceydub Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        You guys really really need to hire some black folks because you don’t have a clue about what’s happening.

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      1. skdixon‏ @sdixon3171 Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        USA Today needs some Black staff . Totally clueless about Black funerals

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      1. BigFella's Mom!‏ @SportsHotMomma Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        REALLY? This is a Black Baptist funeral. Ask somebody!!👀

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      1. maria fenton‏ @mariaufenton Aug 31
        Replying to @USATODAY

        It started when it was supposed to. She is & always will be timeless & magic. If you cannot relate, kindly shut up & appreciate.

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