May 2012
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Have we really though?
In Star Trek: The Original Series, when a simulation of Abraham Lincoln is projected onto the Enterprise, he immediately notices Uhura is black:
Abraham Lincoln: What a charming Negress. [Uhura looks at him strangely] Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know in my time some used that term as a description of property. Uhura: But why should I object to that term, sir? In our century, we’ve learned...
“Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via myimaginarybrooklyn)
“I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. But...”
– Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado), speaking to supporters. Coffman later said he “misspoke.” (via officialssay)
His America sense was tingling
