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Originally posted by jubilance1922
Are you kidding? Have you ever read his posts before?
That's offensive buddy, because it devalues an entire group of people and their struggle. No class can teach what its like to live in a country where a couple of generations ago you weren't even considered a person.
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no I understand, however there was a significant group of middle and uppermiddle class blacks during post reconstruction and the civil rights era that set themselves apart from their own race. when the large groups of ex slaves and poorer blacks were focusing solely on reparations and pensions (in short, having the government give them money.), wealthier blacks and those that had power were pushing agendas concerning civil rights and education. If the two groups had been more unified, history as it panned out could have been different. the fact that a huge constituancy of blacks did not heed the advice of their early on leaders, such as booker t. washington, only helped their struggles.