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Thursday, 24 December 2015

Photo: Christmas Day in Badagry, Nigeria, in 1923

Wow!

239 comments:

  1. It is well... Things that our forefathers went through tho

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  2. Kiaaaa.... Old skull..all go don die

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  3. Badagry has alot of potentials to be a tourist hub!beautiful landscape, beaches,trees,its a beautiful island !but our short sighted government

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  4. shuo! see chairman positioning for ground. it has tayed o, 1923....wow!

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  5. What is wow? In 100 years time, this luxury you think you have will look like #5 to the next generation yet to come. That's life for you.

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  6. epic

    ***我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)***

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  7. Eeya
    Nice shot
    Those days when ma mama never knew she was gon have this beautiful twin girls.





    #Hajia Mufliat

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  8. Pls the 20k giveaway winners nkor? Have not receive alert



























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  9. Linda observe,racism......see as all the blackmen stand and the white folks sit-down

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  10. Imagine the extent of humiliation and human right abuse exhibited by the colonial invaders in the past in our country, thank God we are independent now it would have been so terrible....#just be just#

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  11. No b small tin ooo
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    Nuella saiz**

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  12. Chineke!!! We were Slaves in our own country, so sad.

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  13. Lekwa pose!!!linda wot is wow about this picture..are u "wowed" positively or negatively.lindaway?

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  14. Wow! When Nigeria was cool.
    #selflove#

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  15. Wow shebi all dis people still dey alive

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  16. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha white men suffer our life dat year shaaaaaaa

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  17. Choi. This is so hilarious. Lwkmd

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  18. Lol.. See swag






    Enugu's second shoe designer

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  19. Awww nice one...they tried dat time

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  20. Hmm...in our own country.

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  21. 1. In the bad old days 2. Walahi slaves plenty for badagry 3. It was a gate way for the colonial masters too 4. #MYOPINION#

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  22. A bunch of people, black people being used as xmas decor, dat 1 too is fine
    #*karlishah*

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  23. GOD bless Badagry

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  24. Enter your comment...history tin

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  25. Wow!!! Linda where did you dig this pics out? Most of the people in this pics possible may not be alive anymore.

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  26. What a awesome pix

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  27. Enter your comment...waw

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  28. No be small thing oo

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  29. omo see concept...

    LindaAssistantBF

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  30. omo see concept...

    LindaAssistantBF

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  31. Wow. Nice

    Chincobee.blogspot.com

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  32. heeheeeee.......... Dis one no be here....

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  33. Nawaoooo, so na blacks fit stand abi?folake0100@gmail.com

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  34. History they say It's the BEST teacher........ What an EPIC picture

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  35. What!!! Thank God I wasn't born then. In this age, this photo sure looks funny.

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  36. LOL this is epic, but this white men really dealt with us, why spell CHRISTMAS on their chest.


    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  37. Nawa....how the years have changed....ProudlyDeltan

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  38. Indirect Slavery... #justSaying #Word

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  39. Imaging will are slave them, oyinbo

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  40. Lmao...@the guys on the floor..| the life of a slave.

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  41. Hahahahahaha.this just brightened my day

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  42. Am so like" huh"""!!!!???
    Don't know what to comment sef..

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  43. I see Bonaro grandfather in that picture.

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  44. Wow!!! Funny pix but cool!! Seen







    anaekwe.ucheslimj@gmail.com

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  45. Anty Linda, where did u get dis one from. Far back 1923, I raise hand for u ooooo

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  46. Irannnuuuuuuu
    Abaaaaashaaaa!!!total nonsense

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  47. Creative, even as at that time. They resemble people from the Bini kingdom. Lol

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  48. Whoa......Tis looks wrong...:-/....the guys on the ground tho.........Ts all Good







    #AmNewHere
    #AmGettingOldHere
    #Christmasfever

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  49. Anty Linda, where did u get this pics from,far back 1923. I raise hand for u oooo

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  50. Lol, looking like shrine attendants...

    Sandraokeke45@gmail.com
    Love you linda

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  51. Irannnuuuuuuu
    Abaaaaashaaaa!!!total nonsense

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  52. Yh..They were actually slaves

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  53. chai e don teeeey wey oyibo dey use black like rag.......,.

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  54. see as we b....y d whites no follow paint body?

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  55. Nice. When men were men.

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  56. That time dem never born my papa sef.....history is good.

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  57. E don tey gaan o... I can spot my great grandfather in d front row..

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  58. Joyous babe,Linda ikeji first cousin24 December 2015 at 20:50

    Great memory,most of the them might have died living their grand children behind.old skool pic black and white pics.nice.

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  59. Lolz...very funny but cool though...


    MZ EUEU

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  60. Omo dis one no be seresere oo


    #sugarLove

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  61. they are mad for treating us so

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  62. wonderful!!! l love dis picture

    Emjay

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  63. Lol choi! No be small posing.

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  64. So colonial masters colonise Badagry too? Upon all the witches and wizards for Badagry plus all their juju, white men still colonise and oppress them.

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  65. Kk Linda...sometimes I fear you and your Infos..how did u find this? #donjazzy's ex

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  66. Lol choi! No be small posing.

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  67. We really suffered in the hands of those pigs. Linda do something

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  68. Wooooow! How time flies. Linda take note!

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  69. Epic. From archive. ..

    LIB Celebrity

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  70. This is real Epic. Lovely. Unfortunately all these people would have died by now.


    This sex video will blow your mind away





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  71. So haw come only d whites get to seat..blacks always feelin inferior bi4 dem white folks

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  72. Linda you too much...Ahhhh who give this pix..Nah Wah ooo....Linda much love/You too much

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  73. Haw come only d whites get to seat?

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  74. Enter your comment...they used slaves chai its nice shaa

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  75. How come only d whites get to seat.?

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  76. Will this men still Alive.....Linda much love/You too much

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  77. Dem luk scary





    #give me 1bottle#

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  78. Christmas no sweet again.. Back in the days, it's was always a great joy whenever christmas was approaching. Especially for those who used to eat rice only once in a year.. I.e on christmas day

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  79. Christmas no sweet again.. Back in the days, it's was always a great joy whenever christmas was approaching. Especially for those who used to eat rice only once in a year.. I.e on christmas day

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  80. Those ones wey pose for ground, wetin dey worry them??? Lol....


    Sincerely speaking the mind of Amadioha

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  81. Lol choi! No be small posing.

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  82. Just check the 6packs on the man bearing the last 'M' after the 'X'.


    Sincerely speaking the mind of Amadioha

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  83. Hmmm!1923 is a very long year nd we ar still celebrating. We giv God all d praise.

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  84. Lol choi! No be small posing.

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  85. Lol choi! No be small posing.

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  86. Slavery....Slavery....Slavery

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  87. All I can see is the physique of the men.... #nice! 1923, Woooooh!nowadays boiz are lazy jawe!

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  88. Lol.... What are those guys doing on the floor

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  89. Enter your comment...beautiful

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  90. I LIKE THIS MEMORY, IT REMINDS ME THAT CHRISTMAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN FUN

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  91. History indeed. I must win 100k next year......

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  92. THIS I DONT LIKE

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  93. Linda..long life!
    www.spiritualactivist1.com
    Good Evening People of The Lord.
    A Happy Day

    Read the President's Christmas message below..
    I felicitate with all Nigerians, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, on the joyous occasion of this year’s Christmas. On this occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, let us all rededicate ourselves to the virtues of peace, love, honesty, justice, equity, piety, humility and service to others which he taught.
    Yes<Through the Salvation of God.
    Cos, Our Confession is our Possession.
    #LIVEALIFEOFFAVOUR.

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  94. History indeed. Linda I must win 100k nexy year....

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  95. Linda look at that picture well,the numbers where photo shopped in now,i can't believe you let this picture fool you.

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    1. The picture is real, it's in the liverpool slavery museum, i've seen it.

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  96. Don't we still do worse things to ourselves these days? Thee army killing the very ones they are supposed to protect, politicians plundering the resources of their own constituents and the rich oppressing the poor. They can only do to us what we are willing to do to ourselves.

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  97. Before all the civilization and evil came, I can even see a young muslim boy in their midst.

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  98. Enter your comment...lol. Lyk seriosly??? I'm also remembering those tyms dey buy me those gowns dat has bag & cap

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  99. Life in Christ is d best#Awwwwww! When things are normal n okay

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  100. Life in Christ is d best#Awwwwww! When things are normal n okay

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  101. Please linda, as a student of history, I don't see anything good about d photo....all I see is just a white man trying to make d black man look inferior

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  102. So dey had trousers, belts and shokoto in 1923? Amazing!!!

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  103. Why were they naked and the white men wore clothes? Or were they slaves in their own country then? Puzzle.

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  104. The whites really opened our eyes sha *odiegwu linda*

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  105. What's wow about this nonsense photo Linda!

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  106. Linda, there is no 'Wow' about this! How dare they smear paint on other peoples' chests. Those are men who are heads of their own households. The poor Badagry folks look so humiliated. Colonialism sucks!!

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  107. Linda, there is no 'Wow' about this! How dare they smear paint on other peoples' chests. Those are men who are heads of their own households. The poor Badagry folks look so humiliated. Colonialism sucks!!

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  108. See concept since 1923

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  109. How come all the M in this picture all have pot bellies

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  110. Amazing, how time flies

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  111. Chai.....thank God for Today











    Sisi linda

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  112. Please excuse my sight, are the men shirtless? If that is the case, not happy. My grand father if I can recollect was fighting World War while Nigeria then was under British Rule, Boring history!

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  113. Daaamn. Merry Christmas from Badagry indeee. Whites carry us play wella oh! Imagine the conconbility.

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  114. Please excuse my sight, are the men shirtless? If that is the case, not happy. My grand father if I can recollect was fighting World War while Nigeria then was under British Rule, Boring history!

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  115. The boss_lady SGBG24 December 2015 at 22:01

    Waoh
    A word is enough for d wise

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  116. They are like slave that stand like tree

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  117. Wow! 92 years agoV

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  118. Linda..na ur granpa dey 2nd row(standin)..2nd from Right...ask ur daddy...

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  119. U go fear design na. Hahahahah mehnnn those 2 sitting at the front see pose, oya pose in yemi alade's
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    That vuvuzela P guy

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  120. Pure racism, they white were putting on their shirts, while the blacks carrying de write ups on their bare skin #Racism #slavery

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  121. Dey must ve had so much fun
    Can LIBers see me at al? Am I invisible?

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  122. Interesting,,but racist

    ..JOSHSAYSO..LIB..FAN

    ..JOSHSAYSO..LIB..FAN

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  123. Nice.. those two men lying on the floor... lolz no be here oo

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  124. That black dude sitting beside those white hommies must be a super star then. Racism was like the order of the day back then.

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  125. Hmmmm funny pose by those two on the ground

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  126. Sad picture! Enslaved in your own land!

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  127. Good old time when women don't ask for xmas moni to make hair or buy clothes

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  128. See those 2 linda pikin 4 ground..... So funny

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  129. THIS IS PRICELESS. SOMEDAY, ALL THESE OUR SELFIES CRAZINESS WILL BE SO OLD SCHOOL, THE GENERATION THEN WILL WONDER HOW UNCIVILIZED WE WERE LOL

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  130. Na Goodluck johnnathan cause am oh.see us as slaves.

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  131. Omo see concept..


    LindaAssistantBF

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  132. My ancestors, God bless badagry

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  133. Lolz, c ancestors


    Toni'Fresh West

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  134. My dear Double Wow



    #interesting#

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  135. Wow in linda's voice.nice photo

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  136. D guy before the "X" is the "space bar"! Chai!

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  137. Dis isn't a wow thing, it's total slavery which makes me a racist towards d white/english pple.

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