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Retroactively Racist: Anti-‘Holdout Juror’ Online Videos Hit Differently Now That We Know He’s Black

We already knew the ‘holdout juror’ in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial was a man. Many assumed he was white. It’s easy and acceptable to bash white men. On Friday, one of the female jurors went on network TV and smashed that premise. With some prodding, she revealed he wasn’t white after all; he was black.

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Here’s how it went down on CBS Mornings. (WATCH)

It turns out that a trio of assertive female jurors likely tried to bully a black man into acquitting a woman who killed her three children. Oopsie.

Of course, many of the anti-‘holdout juror’ videos online hit a little differently now that we know the bloggers are describing a black man. (WATCH)

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They’re guilty of retroactive racism!

The narrative of enlightened white female jurors educating a stubborn white male juror is now angry racist white female jurors berating a black juror.

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That black juror apparently saw Lindsay Clancy’s white privilege and said, ‘Nope.’

Posters imagined the black juror's attitude before, during, and after the trial. (WATCH ALL)

Black or white, the ‘holdout juror’ is still a hero.