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If you look at demographic information for cities like Hamtramck and Dearborn Michigan you see the following information:

Hamtramck, MI 2020 Census Population %
White alone 55.67%
Asian alone 26.82%
Black or African American alone 9.90%
Mixed race or Multiracial  5.66%
Hispanic or Latino 1.13%
Other race alone 0.67%
Native American or Alaska Native alone 0.13%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone 0.02%

That sure is a lot of white people 5 miles outside of Detroit, but hold up here is a footnote to the 2020 census data: The racial makeup of Hamtramck is 55% White (people of European, Middle Eastern and North African descent)

Dearborn, MI 202 Census Population %
White alone 85%
Black or African American alone 3.95%
Native American or Alaska Native alone 0.10%
Asian alone 2.53%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone 0.01%
Other race alone 0.50%
Mixed race or Multiracial  3.96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.58%

Here is the breakdown of the 85% white people living in Dearborn (7 miles out of Detroit)

In 2020, 54.5% of the (85%) white population of Detroit reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry. The most reported detailed ancestries were:[26]

Lebanese (20.7%)
Yemeni (13.2%)
Arab (8.6%)
German (8.2%)
Irish (7.6%)
English (6.4%)
Polish (6%)
Iraqi (4.5%)
Italian (3.7%)
African American (2.7%)

Maybe it's time to add Arab or Middle Eastern to the census choices.

Check out Harford Ct.:

Racial & Ethnic Makeup (Approximate, based on recent data):

Hispanic/Latino: Around 44% (largest group).

Black/African American (Non-Hispanic): Roughly 34-36%.

White (Non-Hispanic): About 13-16%.

Other/Two or More Races: Significant portions, including people of other Hispanic origins and multi-racial individuals.

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In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs: one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal, battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier.

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This is why I didn't attempt a watch.

I don’t care about or follow Matt Walsh. I watched a video that another poster posted. I heard the point he made and then I went and did my own research and confirmed what he was saying was correct. Burns put out a lie and people are just gonna assume Ken Burns is telling the truth. The woman got the same compensation as other military members.

Why did they take the Holy Family who were in their own country? They should have taken the Three Wise Men who illegally crossed the border.

There was one point where historian Alan Taylor makes the following statement:

"In the colonial world and the European world, democracy had a bad name. It was a synonym for "anarchy." It had a reputation as being turbulent, as a system exploited by ruthless politicians called "demagogues"-- people who pandered to the passions of common people in order to whip them up and get them to do passionate things, and to get government to serve them and to prey upon the property of more wealthy people. So, democracy is not the aspiration that creates the Revolution. The Revolution creates the conditions for people to aspire to have a democracy."

Then they cut to the narrator discussing how merchants in Boston and New York were boycotting British goods.

No mention of how democracy wasn't the goal of the leaders of the revolution and the founding fathers. They too saw democracy as chaotic and extreme.

“Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself….It is vain to say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy.” John Adams

“Democracy is the most vile form of government…democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with the personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison

“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments… But if we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.” Alexander Hamilton

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here is a candidate thread from 2007:

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Wow, one of the first comment in that old thread: Brian Kelly would be pretty awesome. He's a winner.

I didn't realize the daughter was a real life sibling to the twin boys. Sad news, one of the twins died in 2016.

Come on it’s not that bad, they rinsed the sponge off between wipings.

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How is there a shutdown with Republicans having majority?

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Is this your first time diving into the realm of politics in the U.S. and how the Senate works?

I thought it was interesting the after the first two episodes, then I googled Ed Gein and found out most of what is in the show is not accurate.