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Old 06-11-2004, 01:56 PM   #11
ladysycamore
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Originally posted by DanaC
Perhaps Zippyt if Lady Syc's great grandfather had had the right to own y our greatgrandfather.....Perhaps if most white faces around you belonged to the direct descendants of slaves brought to a far land by powerful and wealthy Black men ....If the worlds wealth was still primarily concentrated into the hands of a small number of black families.....If the vote was something denied to your grandparents by Lady Syc's grandparents.....If there were still states in the Union where the pallor of your skin would keep you from being employed in any job above the menial and if in the forward looking progressive states merely be a minor obstacle ......If the world was ruled by a black elite who decades earlier stilll held power in the heart of Europe with the much larger white population virtual slaves....

Perhaps if Zippyt had spent his childhood watching TV rank with racism against his kind when the only white faces he saw growing up belonged to criminals or clowns...

If he was still more likely to get stopped by police, more likely to die before 30 and less likely to get a fair hearing should he be accused.

If all that were the case, maybe "cracker" would carry the same sting as "nigger"

But all that isnt the case. What we have now is the legacy left us by earlier generations. The wounds they inflicted have only just begun to scar over and even now the disparity of power between black and white is extreme.
*jaw drop*

Well stated! Couldn't snip a word!
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