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Bigoted Orange County DA Decides the Fate of Black Man’s Life Based On One Thing - If He Dated White Women
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Bigoted Orange County DA Decides the Fate of Black Man’s Life Based On One Thing - If He Dated White Women

Todd Spitzer, the notoriously racist district attorney in California, is accused of using race as a contributing factor for assigning sentencing - then firing the staff that knew of this.

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Rows of houses, Orange County, CA (Getty Images)

Orange County is the most racist place I have ever lived. 

Having spent the majority of my life in neighborhoods populated by people of color, my short stint in OC was one of the most jarring experiences of my young life. The racism there is absolutely unmatched. It is a strange mix of microaggressions from…

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