Silence8
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl And what of other countries buying slaves at the same time, or even later into the 60's? I suppose all that is a lie as well. Fact is, african tribes enslaved africans, then sold them. Now, while the US part of this saga is not something to be proud of, slavery, at the time, was a legal institution, in the US as well as abroad. I see no point to restitutions for something that was legal. Was it wrong? Yep. If we are basing it soley upon it being wrong, when do the Native Americans get theirs? When does the gay community? When do women? Do we stop at legal ownership or does it also include financial slavery? Emotional? This is an extremely slippery slope. I also agree with Obama. In theory it sounds great. But there is no pratical way to apply it equally to all people who have been "enslaved". Yeah, or maybe it's just a way to deflect attention from really existing social inequality, which just so happens to fall along racial lines a lot of the time. LOL... if it weren't a legal institution at the time, then would there be a basis? Focus! In fact, if we could start anywhere, we would start at making legal representation fair and equal. And make criminal backgrounds disappear once 'criminals' (usually black people) 'serve' (woops... the truth came out) their time. So, yeah, Brain, not Obama, is right (surprise, surprise). This argument is ideological and not logical. This trash doesn't fly.
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