McCain's Black Relatives

[Kevin]

I thought this thread was supposed to be over on post 14 or 26?

PM_Mama, I don't think "they" (my, that is a loaded word) said anything about being owed anything. There might be a few fringe wackos who get publicity every now and then carrying on about 'reparations,' but to say that all blacks are in favor of that, I think would be overstating things. (but who is ever opposed to free money so long as they don't have to pay?)

No, slavery wasn't really over 150 years ago... heck... my father's stepfather's uncle still had what were essentially slaves well into the 1960's, still living on the plantation, still living in the same housing their forefathers occupied prior to the Civil War, working on the farm in exchange for company script only redeemable at the company store -- only a small violation of the FLSA there. The legacy of slavery is still well alive today. I really don't think that's disputable.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I thought this thread was supposed to be over on post 14 or 26?

PM_Mama, I don't think "they" (my, that is a loaded word) said anything about being owed anything. There might be a few fringe wackos who get publicity every now and then carrying on about 'reparations,' but to say that all blacks are in favor of that, I think would be overstating things. (but who is ever opposed to free money so long as they don't have to pay?)

No, slavery wasn't really over 150 years ago... heck... my father's stepfather's uncle still had what were essentially slaves well into the 1960's, still living on the plantation, still living in the same housing their forefathers occupied prior to the Civil War, working on the farm in exchange for company script only redeemable at the company store -- only a small violation of the FLSA there. The legacy of slavery is still well alive today. I really don't think that's disputable.

I read a story over the summer about that....how some people living in some sections of South and Mid West still had Black families working for them and in one case I read, had them inbreeding....disgusting.