Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

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We're discussing living African Americans. You know, the African Americans whom, themselves, were not enslaved. The African Americans, because of their ancestors enslavement don't find themselves in a 3rd world hellhole. The African Americans who have benefits such as: preferential awarding of contracts to minority owned businessess (on a federeal, state, and usually municipal level), prefential awarding of contracts to businesses which consciously try to hire 'oppressed minorites', affirmative action enacted for employment in Federal agencies, affirmative action for college admittance.... all this, in addition to the various benefits available to all citizens that would fall under the category of the social safety net (medicare, SSI, etc.). And then there's the benefits of - you know - living in an industrialized nation like... electricity, clean water, free primary education, etc.

Yes, slavery was ****. But the African American's we're discussing didn't go through it. However, as a result of it, they get all the benefits I listed above.


I suppose the question is; am I being more provocative than African Americans who bitch and moan about slavery they never experienced, but the rewards of which they reap when they turn on the goddamned faucet?