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Over a hundred years ago, Merc? When do you think the last racially motivated lynching was? It isn't even a century since blacks were not considerd full citizens.
[eta] I am not suggesting btw that you are racist. I think your desire for a wiping clean of the account (generationally speaking) and a shared abhorrence of all discrimination in this regard, is laudable; however, you cannot just snap your fingers and say the past holds no currency in our cultural understanding of the world. The oppression of non-whites in America is not ancient history. It is far too recent to expect it not to still hold resonance for people.
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