re: #395 Lidane

You must be in the South. I heard that a lot back in Houston. “Ah don’t know why blacks can’t just get over it. I didn’t own slaves!” was the standard bigot talking point explaining why talking about race = race baiting = being a Bad American, because we need to just get over things now that the Civil and Voting Rights Acts exist.

He’s in Jersey IIRC. I’ve heard that one countless times. It’s just so stupid. No, asshole, you didn’t own a slave and maybe your ancestors didn’t either but slavery did create a culture where blacks were regarded as second class citizens or if you want to be really accurate weren’t even treated like human beings in many parts of the country. Too many whites especially white conservatives refuse to admit this because they think their “victimhood” i.e. the fact they can’t deal with who is POTUS is somehow worse than that.