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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 8 May 2016

    President Obama shared some advice in his commencement speech at Howard University http://nyti.ms/1T5KduC pic.twitter.com/73mvCWiSqZ

    5:43 PM - 8 May 2016
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      1. Exitwound‏ @realexitwound 8 May 2016
        Replying to @nytimes

        @nytimes Confidence in your blackness=understandable pride in your heritage. Confidence in your whiteness=racist hate speech.

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      2. Vinetender‏ @vinetender 9 May 2016
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        @nytimes @POTUS users black preacher phony militant voice - or did he learn that in hawaii? Lame #ObamaPhonyGhettoVoice

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. CW Jensen‏ @captaincwjensen 9 May 2016
        Replying to @vinetender

        @vinetender @nytimes @POTUS Painful to watch him trying to be black

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Vinetender‏ @vinetender 9 May 2016
        Replying to @captaincwjensen

        @captaincwjensen @nytimes @POTUSpic.twitter.com/4mqGBdM6Wz

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      1. Bruce‏ @Stemic09 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes How about being confident in being an American. Its not about race, @POTUS believe it or not. Its about confidence & self reliance.

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      1. Pebbles‏ @nursegoda 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes Just be confident. Don't accept another persons version of your life ever.

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      1. Lauren Sadler‏ @Lauren_Ash7 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes because higher quantities of melanin accounts for higher quality of character? This is the worst advice I've ever heard.

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      1. Uhtred‏ @amiwill1738 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes @Eddyacquah

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      1. Richard Nicholas‏ @b_richardn 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes - well said Mr.President! Way to go! When the epitaph of Presidents will be written,you will be right up Mr.Obama! All good cheer!

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      1. SATAN KILLER‏ @yahweh_chosen 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes I'M CONFIDENT IN MY HERITAGE,FOUND IN ISAIAH 54:17..NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER,AND ALSO,THE VERSE GIVES ME

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      2. iamlinda ⌘‏ @pica2pixel 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes He's talking to the grads, not y'all. I for one, will miss President Obama’s eloquence.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. BruceJenner'sCat‏ @Pepperjelly55 8 May 2016
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        @pica2pixel @nytimes You are the only one.

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      4. iamlinda ⌘‏ @pica2pixel 8 May 2016
        Replying to @Pepperjelly55

        @JunkMail55 @nytimes I seem to be one of few who actually read and understood the article. Sucks that it's over your head.

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      2. Sohosh‏ @sohosh1 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes there is only one race, the human race. Calling yourself anything else brings forth the fall of all of us!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. SoutheastNative‏ @SoutheastNative 8 May 2016
        Replying to @sohosh1

        @sohosh1 @nytimes So I'm supposed to deny my tribe, my culture, my community, my history, all of which are related to my race?

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      4. Sohosh‏ @sohosh1 8 May 2016
        Replying to @SoutheastNative

        @educatoringa @nytimes no,Race and culture are not the same thing.All those things you mention have to do with culture. race is biological.

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      1. claudia‏ @claud91423 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes wow! Just wow!

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      1. SueMurthy‏ @SueMurthy 8 May 2016
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        @nytimes this is not going to help mend racism teaches other races to do the same what if all whites get this message and follow the rule

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