The intent was that black people were not fully human

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. I was born and raised in North Carolina...

And, I was often disgusted with what some of the rednecks would say. They had no shame nor guilt about their behavior.

Quick story: When I was a senior in high school I asked my friend Andrew if he wanted to come with me to see 'Raider Of The Lost Ark' one evening. He had a twin brother, and he asked if they both could come. Of course. We went to see it and they loved it. (I had already seen it once, but I had a friend who was the assistant manager of this one theatre and he would discount me and my friends.) The next day, and for a while afterwards, I learned that there was some... consternation... from certain civic 'leaders' about this white boy taking these two black people to the theatre. This was in freaking 1981! I am still stunned about it.

I have heard that same discussion. It is just further proof that some people are just not wired to be... reasonable. And, we need to stop worrying about being reasonable to them. They need to be put down. A real progressive society should not allow anyone to be regressive nor repressive.