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1. rmello+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-13 00:12:25
Seconded. Us non-Americans watching what's going on can't be expected to know something an unremarkable American cop said 50 years ago.

Is it such a well known phrase among Americans or something that most people just learned was a thing?

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2. SpicyL+K[view] [source] 2020-06-13 00:20:01
>>rmello+(OP)
Even in the US it wasn't well known - most people just learned it was a thing.
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3. JohnBe+m1[view] [source] 2020-06-13 00:24:05
>>rmello+(OP)
I was the one who asked the question and I've lived in the US all my life. I had never heard the phrase or knew that Trump said it until this conversation just now.
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4. birdyr+G6[view] [source] 2020-06-13 01:13:19
>>rmello+(OP)
We didn’t need to know it to read it as inherently racist. If you can’t interpret that, it’s a problem with reading comprehension.
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