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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 31

    The Compton Cowboys are 10 friends on a mission to combat negative stereotypes about African-Americans and the city of Compton through horseback ridinghttps://nyti.ms/2pUJioz 

    8:45 AM - 31 Mar 2018
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    55 replies 673 retweets 2,100 likes
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      2. Luke‏ @bizwiz1980 Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        How about combatting it by going to school and getting a degree

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Ian Humphrey‏ @Beianspired Mar 31
        Replying to @bizwiz1980 @nytimes

        You assume they don’t have degrees....🤦🏽‍♂️💆🏾‍♂️🤔

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. Luke‏ @bizwiz1980 Mar 31
        Replying to @Beianspired @nytimes

        I'm just seeing a dude on a horse. If they have degrees or careers of some type great. The picture creates this reaction tho

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. vênërë.vëritâs‏ @_bacon_bitsss Mar 31
        Replying to @bizwiz1980 @Beianspired @nytimes

        The picture, of a [black] men on a horseback creates this reaction for YOU. Says more about you than it does about them.

        0 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Rose de Guzman  ⛸ ON THIN ICE (YA Contemp)  ❤‏ @RoseDGWrites Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        Historically, plenty of former slaves WERE cowboys. And there were Chinese cowboys too -- former railroad builders.

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. Scamron Giles  🇭🇹 🇵🇦‏ @WESTCOASTSUMA Apr 1
        Replying to @RoseDGWrites @nytimes

        Enslaved Africans* or just say black people. You named Chinese, former slaves isn’t what we’re called

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Are you fing kidding me right now‏ @areufingkiddgme Apr 1
        Replying to @WESTCOASTSUMA @RoseDGWrites @nytimes

        Of course you’re not. But she’s talking about actual former slaves, dear.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Rose de Guzman  ⛸ ON THIN ICE (YA Contemp)  ❤‏ @RoseDGWrites Apr 1
        Replying to @areufingkiddgme @WESTCOASTSUMA @nytimes

        Right. Some men became cowboys in the years following the Civil War after they were freed from slavery.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Jay Hernandez‏Verified account @jay_hernandez Apr 1
        Replying to @nytimes @ava

        Get it!

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      1. JC Ole Bwoy‏ @Islandreamer16 Apr 1
        Replying to @nytimes @RealDLHughley

        Somebody please do a ' Short film' about this.

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      1. tim‏ @tcothern71 Mar 31
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        Hey bro, whatever it takes!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

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      1. Chris C‏ @constablec29 Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        Isn’t this part of the story of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout?

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      1. dom‏ @dom86hopson Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        Not helping the "them Compton fellas do it bareback" stereotype.

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      2. Josué Gutierrez‏ @JosueXGutierrez Apr 1
        Replying to @nytimes @ava

        Compton Cowboys...if that doesn't sound like a movie title.pic.twitter.com/z7HavgMIUa

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      1. Rachel Edwards‏ @MsRachelLynn Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        @SueLing87 You already know.

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      2. Val‏ @za_dilettante Mar 31
        Replying to @nytimes

        Respectability politics never stops people who hate Black people from hating.

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