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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 21 Nov 2016
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      Please explain why that is such a horrible phrase.

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 21 Nov 2016
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      What a ridiculous question. I'm speaking about ordinary, working class, humble Americans that I have personally interacted with.

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        2.  🧙🏻‍♀️N 🧙🏻‍♀️ M 🧙🏻‍♀️RIE C 🎃X‏Verified account @anamariecox 21 Nov 2016
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          I’m thinking this might mean, “Uber drivers”?

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 21 Nov 2016
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          I don't use Uber.

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        2. Steven Dunbar 🐏‏ @Slimwood_ 21 Nov 2016
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          ok but you didn't say that big dawg

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 21 Nov 2016
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          Well that's what I mean so take it or leave it, dawg.

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        2. Liza Sabater  🇵🇷 👸🏾 🌹‏ @blogdiva 21 Nov 2016
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          Liza Sabater  🇵🇷 👸🏾 🌹 Retweeted Michael Tracey

          YOU DO REALIZE @mtracey @fivefifths many of us onhere are working class, right? a lot of black/latino folks with degrees are working classhttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/800751171623260160 …

          Liza Sabater  🇵🇷 👸🏾 🌹 added,

          Michael TraceyVerified account @mtracey
          What a ridiculous question. I'm speaking about ordinary, working class, humble Americans that I have personally interacted with.
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        2. Patrick Claybon‏Verified account @PatrickClaybon 21 Nov 2016
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          oh I get it! He's talking about "the good ones" took me a min thx mike

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        3. The Future is Female‏ @tfergpdx 21 Nov 2016
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          yeah. You know. The non-uppity, well behaved blacks. The ones who suit the conservative narrative.

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        1. Uncle CJ‏ @The_Kings_Hand 21 Nov 2016
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          you think thats a ridiculous question, but dont think its ridiculous to speak for Black people, regarding Trump?

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        1. Saul B.‏ @RockBSaul 21 Nov 2016
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          insinuating that there isn't humility outside of your "ordinary black Americans". Wow

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        1. Championship or Bust  🏁 🏁 🏁‏ @Phade2Black_10 21 Nov 2016
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          if these are the ordinary black Americans you're speaking too, you're wrong. Bc we're freaking out

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        1. One of The Blacks, YAHERDME‏ @Black_Ted_Mosby 21 Nov 2016
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          were they also "well-spoken" and "one of the good ones"?

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        1. Wu Weed™‏ @WuTangCannabis 21 Nov 2016
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          what about the extraordinary

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        1. Valerie‏ @valerieparty 21 Nov 2016
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          Who are you to decide which blacks are ordinary or "humble" Americans?

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        1. Anna BOOnana  👻 🌹‏ @AnnaTarkov 21 Nov 2016
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          How certain are you that these “ordinary black Americans” are being honest with you? Are they close personal friends? @fivefifths

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        1. candy corn hate acct‏ @KENDALLDOTKOM 21 Nov 2016
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          so which black americans aren't ordinary?

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        2. JM‏ @careful_jon 21 Nov 2016
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          entertain the possibility that the black Americans that you interact with are not a representative sample

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        3. The Bringer of Jollity‏ @davidabenner 21 Nov 2016
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          or he's misreading them. or they aren't telling a white man stranger what they really think.

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