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el_bryanto

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7. You see I have a degree in history

Tue Jul 15, 2014, 08:23 AM

Jul 2014

So while I am aware that slavery as an institution has existed since the beginning of time - owning a specific race and declaring that race to be inferior, as we white Americans did, was a fairly specific "innovation." We didn't just take slaves, we denigrated a whole race to do it.

The fact that most whites didn't own slaves, or that a few blacks and mulattos owned slaves is immaterial (a point I'm sure you would get around to) - southern slavery declared that blacks were an inferior race in order to justify their ownership of other human beans - and 200 years later we see the fruits of that. Pretty sour fruits.

I hope you don't get kicked off too quickly.

Bryant

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Let's put the dictionary aside for a moment - racial animosity poll. [View all] el_bryanto Jul 2014 OP

Oh hellz yeah. I experienced it while working in Mexico. riqster Jul 2014 #1

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Whites blamed for slavery? How fucked up is that? Scuba Jul 2014 #3

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Welcome to DU - I hope you enjoy your stay here. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #4

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You see I have a degree in history el_bryanto Jul 2014 #7

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Most whites were brought up in a culture that taught that black people were inferior el_bryanto Jul 2014 #11

"White" and "black" itself was a European/American invention BainsBane Jul 2014 #15

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Bantus are not found in Rwanda JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #26

It was the institution BainsBane Jul 2014 #30

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Eh, some could say the Egyptians enslaved the Jews based on race.... moriah Jul 2014 #44

By religion BainsBane Jul 2014 #46

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And I have a PhD in history BainsBane Jul 2014 #10

Alerted to MIRT JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #14

No doubt about it. BainsBane Jul 2014 #16

I'd love to know who JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #17

Alert on it BainsBane Jul 2014 #18

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Hey - you sound a lot like another guy who was around here el_bryanto Jul 2014 #21

SHE point blank JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #25

The wind rustles the grass but does not trouble the oak. nt el_bryanto Jul 2014 #27

Beautiful! freshwest Jul 2014 #68

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Have you considered the possibility that you are completely wrong and should stop being an idiot? el_bryanto Jul 2014 #34

Have we? BainsBane Jul 2014 #63

Why would you say that JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #36

Naw... not LG something else. Agschmid Jul 2014 #45

You're back, but not for long. BainsBane Jul 2014 #22

I'm actually having a lot of JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #29

How do you know she is female? BainsBane Jul 2014 #32

Just going by the name Antoin - JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #35

No, Antoine is a male name BainsBane Jul 2014 #39

He's got another one coming JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #42

Just taking out the trash. Agschmid Jul 2014 #57

Based upon the comment JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #38

about hating white men? BainsBane Jul 2014 #40

Another 6-1 jury verdict BainsBane Jul 2014 #43

I just told you JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #24

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You - again? JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #53

Read American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund Morgan BainsBane Jul 2014 #28

Here: JaneyVee Jul 2014 #8

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Your time here is limited JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #12

There was one that actually got five hides there BainsBane Jul 2014 #19

Well, cleared that up. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #33

Yes - i have to admit - in one way I'm annoyed at the distraction el_bryanto Jul 2014 #41

Good way to delineate what issue there is. I just Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #47

I would think it would depend on how you 'experienced' it bigtree Jul 2014 #48

It's a fair point that each experience of racial animosity is different - and it's certainly el_bryanto Jul 2014 #50

yes, you understood my point bigtree Jul 2014 #52

I agree 100% and once we can eliminate the systemic racism, then we can work toward.... DrewFlorida Jul 2014 #54

I have a question: Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #56

Well I suspect it's because people are interested in how people vote. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #58

That sounds like a question for ATA gollygee Jul 2014 #59

Typically used by the banned. It's a RW label for liberals, progressives, Democrats, etc. freshwest Jul 2014 #69

The admins have explained that people were making a sport out of Ms. Toad Jul 2014 #60

Thanks for that history - I didn't know that but it makes sense. nt el_bryanto Jul 2014 #61

What is the purpose of attaching user names to posts? Nye Bevan Jul 2014 #66

Interesting phrasing LadyHawkAZ Jul 2014 #62

Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #64

Fair enough - i can see where you are coming from el_bryanto Jul 2014 #65

Word it just that way ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #67

I wonder why it didn't cover yuiyoshida Jul 2014 #70