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re: Consider This: Blacks Were ‘Dumped Out’ into Society With No Way To Feasibly Get Ahead
Posted on 1/8/18 at 5:30 pm to Rougarou13
Posted on 1/8/18 at 5:30 pm to Rougarou13
quote:Do you understand that Jim Crow only nominally ended in the 1960s? Are you willfully ignorant of that fact? That is to say - MILLIONS of living black Americans languished under the threat of exclusion, intimidation and violence from their fellow citizens, police forces and governments. What part of that do you not understand?
The African American community is10 generations removed from slavery. There is no excuse for today. Absolutely none.
This was the emblem of the Alabama Democratic Party until 1966:
I'm all for pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps...but let's at least get the facts and timeline straight.
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Posted on 1/8/18 at 8:12 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Do you understand that Jim Crow only nominally ended in the 1960s
I don’t recall mentioning Jim Crow. I mention the tired excuse of slavery. I also remember the generation of African Americans before this one. The proud generation that actually lived through that era, who were harder on the black community than I am.
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