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[b]This whole thing just sounds so strange. I don't recall ever seeing a sign in someones yard besides a "For Sale" sign.  [/b]

And loving a neigborhood because you live near black people or poor people is just weird. If you want to really embrace these things, move to Detroit.

Black/Hispanic/Asian people are not aliens, they are people just like you and me.[/quote]

I'm guessing you don't live in DC.

I commented earlier, but my upper middle class NW DC neighborhood (homes sell for $800K and up) is probably ~60% minority.  And many white neighbors have put up yard and window signs like "Resist" "Black Lives Matter" "Women's Rights are Human Rights" "Defend Planned Parenthood" etc. since the election.  Someone on the neighborhood listserv recently stated that over 40 of the signs that say "We're glad you're our neighbor" in English, Spanish, and Arabic were ordered recently, and those are all over the neighborhood, too.  This is a very liberal neighborhood, similar to most of DC (something like 93% of voters voted for HRC in the election--and I'm assuming many of the remainder voted for Bernie!).[/quote]

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