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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (178422)9/6/2001 11:30:16 PM
From: gao seng  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
Just turned on the TV to hear that Sharpton agrees with us. I can't find a news story for the text, but it seems he is a voice of reason on this issue.



To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (178422)9/7/2001 12:12:21 AM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 769667
 
Let's all go to Pasadena and stage an anti-animal rights rally. We might get some fun action.

Well I also think I read once that all humans have some gene sequence that traces back to some mother.



To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (178422)9/7/2001 7:43:25 AM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
along the reparation topic lines:
Black slaves are still available -- just not in the United States. To make a purchase, you'd have to travel to the Sudan as Gerald Williams, Harvard University pre-med student, did in October 2000.
Black Slavery is Alive in 2001
By Walter Williams (January 4, 2001)
[CAPITALISMMAGAZINE.COM] Black slaves are still available -- just not in the United States. To make a purchase, you'd have to travel to the Sudan as Gerald Williams, Harvard University pre-med student, did in October 2000.

Slavery in the Sudan is in part a result of a 15-year war by the Muslim north against the black Christian and animist south. Arab militias, armed by the Khartoum government, raid villages, mostly those of the Dinka tribe. They shoot the men and enslave the women and children. Women and children are kept as personal property or they're taken north and auctioned off.

In Sudanese slave markets, a woman or child can be purchased for $90. An Anti-Slavery International investigator interviewed Abuk Thuc Akwar, a 13-year-old girl who, along with 24 other children, was captured by the militia, marched north and given to a farmer. The investigator reported, "Throughout the day she worked in his sorghum fields and at night in his bed. During the march, she was raped and called a black donkey." The girl managed to escape with the help of the master's jealous wife.
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