The hell we can't. A crime is a crime. I haven't done anything to suppress black people, and I don't plan to be a victim of any payback or willfully allow anyone to use the sins of dead people against me or mine.
You have no argument to make that I should.

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You'd have to count in all the free labor hours we forced African Americans int

I absolutely do not have to give any weight to what happened decades and hundreds of years ago when doing a cost-benefit analysis on diversity.
You want to be accepted, act like a civilized human being. Act like an animal and be treated like one. If your ancestral heritage prevents you from behaving in a civilized manner, that's fine, I don't blame you entirely, but don't ask me to put up with your behavior.

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They practically laid the foundation for this country

Why didn't they lay a similar foundation in their own ancestral lands?

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Posted by Texas Weazel

Louisiana is a shithole

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Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:37 pm to uway

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The hell we can't.

So you agree?? I'm confused.

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A crime is a crime.

It sure it. And nobody is excusing crime. All crimes should be punished.

Having said that, there's no denying that some of those crimes are the indirect result of our forefathers sins. A trickle down effect, if you will.

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I absolutely do not have to give any weight to what happened decades and hundreds of years ago when doing a cost-benefit analysis on DIVERSITY.

African Americans are part of our diverse society. How they got here and what role they've played in our nation's history is extremely important. Discounting it would be ludicrous when discussing diversity.

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You want to be accepted, act like a civilized human being. Act like an animal and be treated like one.

You want to tell that to the thousands of African Americans who acted like civilized human beings and were still treated like animals in the 50s and 60s? Let's not act like all this is ancient history.

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If your ancestral heritage prevents you from behaving in a civilized manner, that's fine, I don't blame you entirely, but don't ask me to put up with your behavior.

Well, it wasn't blacks who denied themselves of sitting in front of buses, drinking from separate water fountains, voting, going to world renowned universities, or the other basic opportunities? that we take for granted today.

No. I believe it was our other ancestors who did that.