re: #141 Mattand

Yes, there were African Americans who contributed to the war effort. I seriously doubt that they were considered equal by their fellow white soldiers. I also would guess that after the war they went back to be considered sub-human by most whites.

Chris Rock is a stand up comedian known for making off-the-cuff and controversial remarks. He’s not a history teacher.

Quite frankly, we need people like Rock to say things like this. I have enough friends and family who feel things like slavery and the Holocaust shouldn’t be discussed, because people should be “over” it.

A little jab at their decorum from time to time isn’t a bad thing.

There are jabs at decorum every day. Then there are those days, once or twice a year, which are holidays which should serve, IMO, (wingnut POV of course) to unite us in a common theme. This was one of those days. And personally, I do not think it would be such an awful thing to point out the contributions of all Americans, not just the founding fathers. But I seem to not be having much luck selling that idea.