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Why did I read this thread???? *le sigh*
Just a few comments...
Some of the comments in this thread prove the very notion of white skin privilege. White skin privilege allows for a detachment from racial issues. I do not care what you have heard, seen, and studied. If you are a white person in America (I'm focusing on this country), you have no clue how deep the problem is.
I am appalled by the comparisons of African Americans and various immigrant groups. We have a very distinctive history. First of all, we are not immigrants! Several people made a point of comparing African Americans to African immigrants. Immigrants come to a country by their own free will. Big difference. You cannot say, "Sure slavery was bad, but it's over. You people need to get it together. Other people have done it...what's wrong with you guys!" Which is essentially what people's comments amount to. You cannot quantify the damage caused by 400 years of slavery.
Lastly, as E06 stated, people are not addressing the question posed at the beginning of the thread. It's turned into a rant against the disenfranchised.
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