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https://archive.ph/wip/MXWfV :

None | Black History Month: outrage greets Republican's call to honor white people

'Wisconsin lawmakers are locked in a dispute over who qualifies to be honored during February’s Black History Month after a senior Republican suggested a list where the majority of named picks were white. '

'In 2018, Allen complained that David Clarke, the controversial, Trump-supporting black Milwaukee sheriff, who once compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan, had been left off the list.\ufeff'

'Earlier this year, they blocked the black caucus’s list of honorees until Democrats agreed to drop Milwaukee-born former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. '

'Related: Iraq riots expose an America weaker and with fewer optionsRepublican state senator Scott Allen circulated a resolution recognizing 10 historical figures for celebration. '

'I’m not exactly sure what it is that Scott Allen believes he knows better than me.”But Allen told the newspaper that the white people named in his resolution “exhibited tremendous courage to fight for just causes” and that his aim is to draw more white people into Black History Month celebrations. '


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