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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: tejek who wrote (134939)7/25/2013 7:51:55 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 149317
 
As always you are painting with an overly broad brush.

There were at one time about 400,000 slave owners in the US. There are over a billion black people in the world. Today there are more slaves in chains performing forced labor than ever in history. The USA is one place that sort of thing is not tolerated, where affirmative action is popular and where racial discrimination is legally and culturally actionable.
And the right never ever wants to discuss what 300+ years of slavery and discrimination might have done to an entire race.
The majority of black Americas are not living in Chicago projects.

My neighbor rode with me to the high school where my daughter attends for the past two years. He graduated and is now in basic training for the Air Force Reserves. He has three jobs waiting for him when he gets home. He takes care of his mother (Immigrant from Kenya) and sister (absent father). He is one of the nicest people I have ever known.

Every student in America takes more than one class in American history, celebrates Martin Luther King day and has many opportunities to engage in discussions about the history of slavery in the world. Dozens of popular mainstream movies have highlighted the history and modeled the way for a better society. People on the left and right have open discussions on this all the time.

Do we still have hateful people who belittle those different than themselves? Yes. Its called groupism and it is not limited to the right wing. I see it as much on this thread as anywhere.
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