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Black Georgia Lawmaker Says White Man Told Her 'Go Back Where You Came From'

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Jul 22, 2019
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A Black lawmaker from Georgia said a white man verbally harassed her and told her to “go back to where you came from,” in front of her daughter at a grocery store.

Georgia state representative Erica Thomas posted a video to Facebook Live on July 19 said that a man cursed her out in a Publix supermarket in Mableton, Georgia because she had too many items …

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