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To: koan who wrote (5717)	1/11/2017 2:05:48 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By one_less Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 367538

>> maybe you can explain to me why every state in the South had institutionalized legal segregation until 1964. You appear to be confused. Are you under the mistaken impression that the North wasn't segregated in the 1960s? Did you ever hear of Harlem? Minority Enrollment in 1973 Washington DC 97% Detroit 72% Chicago 71% Baltimore 70% San Francisco 70% St. Louis 70% Do you think schools are segregated in DC today? In St. Louis? >> The African-American has been abused for 400 years. I'm going out on a limb and question whether you see "The South" as a place you know anything about, or if maybe it is something you read about in "People's History of the United States?" Because I don't think you have any idea what goes on here. My dad had blacks working for him in the deep south in the 1950s. They were paid the same wages everyone else in the business, they were not referred to in derogatory terms, and they were just as trusted as every other employee in the place. They used the back door because they wouldn't have dreamed of doing anything different. Long after segregation ended, they still used the back door because it faced the railroad tracks that took them to and from their homes. You simply do not know what you're talking about. The idea that the North was holier than thou is a crock of crap. Slavery will forever be a stain on the ENTIRE United States. Your attempt to deflect it to the South is really weak. You have arbitrarily taken a short period out of 400 years of slavery and attached the defect to the South. In reality, the North was right there with the South for most of those years.

To: koan who wrote (5717)	1/12/2017 10:58:11 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 367538

I'll address your points and questions if you can stick with the original point first. Do you really think that Republicans, or conservatives, or Trump Supporters (three different groups even though they overlap) would like to re-institute slavery, and that since they know they can't do they will try to move the US back to institutionalized segregation? How many people do you think actually think that way. You imply its typical about Republicans but if you really believe that then you do indeed live in a very thick bubble. If you don't then you should apologize for the smear. Sure there are some people who really think that way, but its not 1 percent of 1 percent, whether your talking about Republicans or the country as whole. Most of the points you raise after that have already been dealt with, multiple times, directly to you, from me and from other people. But I'll address them again if you can first stick to the original point.