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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
This is the most trivial and absurd conversation I have ever seen on here. Does anyone really think Savannah does not think Slavery was a horrible thing?
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Well, she did seem just a little nonchalant about it, what with the "it's not the worst thing in the world" and "it's just a different kind of social system" statements.:\
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How dare someone suggest it was money and not just skin color that motivated the slave owners in the American South and world wide.
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I don't believe anyone dismissed the notion that slavery was and is about economic exploitation, but as you yourself admit, it was related to race and it would be pretty stupid for anyone to claim otherwise.
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Of course the Black culture is the greatest victim of American slavery, no one denied that.
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I think they did:
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Originally Posted by savannah
yes, there were just as many poor whites workin fields as their were black
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Also enough with this America is a racist society BS. This (America) is by far the least racist country on earth.
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Really? What do you base that on? How it is less racist than Great Britain, Canada, Brazil, Australia, France etc.? Honest question.
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Also just out of curiosity why would anyone consistently post degrading statements about a person they never have and never will meet? What motivates that?
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Sometimes people write consistently stupid things and need to be called on it.
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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
Assuming a distinction in prison population and\or financial inequality suggests racism is a huge leap. You'll find a much higher correlation in terms of the financial background of those incarcerated then you will in terms of race.
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One could also draw a connection between the financial and racial background. I believe it's a widely accepted notion that slavery and consequent racial inequality has been a prime factor in the huge economical rift created between the black and white population of America.
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It's easy to assume we are a racist country because there is no shortage of people who want it to be a racist country. There are, as I previously conceded still issues of racial inequality and prejudice in the US and likely always will be. However it's indisputable that all the evidence suggests we're moving in the right direction and have been since the 1960's.
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No one is saying America is a racist country. South Africa was a racist country during the Apartheid, America is just a country that has a problem with racism, as do most countries.
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