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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:26 PM Dec 2014

10 reasons Blacks were hung [View all]

"between 1882 and 1930 in just the 10 southern U.S. states of Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina, 2,500 black people were lynched. That is an average of nearly one hanging every week"

God, what a history. Post Civil War and up to - really- semi modern times. How can a nation live with this in their collective consciousness?

Trying desperately to understand why such hatred and I believe one factor was the white generation after the Civil War trying to extract some sort of revenge against the blacks who they felt caused the war. A lot of evil on display .

WARNING: Images in this article are very disturbing.

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/02/14/10-outrageous-reasons-black-people-were-lynched-in-america/

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10 reasons Blacks were hung [View all] packman Dec 2014 OP

It's, um, "hanged". I know, I know, I'm a nitpicker... eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #1

Its okay. I hate it when people say "innocent until proven guilty." joeglow3 Dec 2014 #5

Thank you. I wish the OP would fix it. THINGS are hung, people are hanged. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #15

Some people are hung too... Silent3 Dec 2014 #20

tsk tsk lumpy Dec 2014 #77

Yeah, I couldn't help but think of the line from Blazing Saddles deutsey Dec 2014 #90

It's twoo, it's twoo! n/t Silent3 Dec 2014 #105

This message was self-deleted by its author meow2u3 Dec 2014 #25

But as Liberals we don't, meow2u3. That's why I corrected the author of the OP - although BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #58

Really- this is what you got out of the posting? packman Dec 2014 #26

Yes, the title is *further* dehumanizing. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #49

Not shallow at all. See my post #73 for explanation by an expert. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #74

Please delete Feral Child Dec 2014 #33

No. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #52

No. You're right that it deserves better - hence my correction and why it stays. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #59

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #71

You still don't want to understand. *sigh* BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #73

+1 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #81

Thank you, steve2470. :-) eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #82

much support! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #83

I'm completely taken aback that a few don't understand that. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #60

I am taken aback at the few who turn it around and get shitty. WORDS MEAN THINGS!! PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #64

Please delete Feral Child Dec 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #48

No. Maybe you should demand OP correct the title of this thread as to not further dehumanize. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #51

You've got some sick priorities, Grammar Queen. Feral Child Dec 2014 #65

Take your own advice: get a grip PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #69

This has hardly disrupted Feral Child Dec 2014 #70

And now you're speaking for someone else Feral Child Dec 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author gollygee Dec 2014 #34

As the first responder to this posting packman Dec 2014 #40

Yes, the title of this OP is *further* dehumanizing. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #50

That's a great way to rationalize a petty petulance in response to a serious dialog... LanternWaste Dec 2014 #53

Words mean things. It's not fucking petty petulance. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #54

Words matter - just like those Blacks whose lives matter. They are NOT things although BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #57

You forgot the " " around "hanged." nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #95

Remedied! eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #97

Here's a good article on understanding why... JaneyVee Dec 2014 #2

Thanks for the link! Petrushka Dec 2014 #11

The last recorded lynching (by KKK) was in 1981 OneGrassRoot Dec 2014 #3

Heartbreaking photos, but necessary so that we don't forget. eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #4

big kick and big rec! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #6

Kick! eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #7

10 Excuses is more like it. Vox Moi Dec 2014 #8

My Great Grandmother ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #10

Oh my!!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G Dec 2014 #14

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #17

They are obsessed with DU. bitchkitty Dec 2014 #24

If they want that JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #28

Trust me, I know how you feel MrScorpio Dec 2014 #38

Of course ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #41

Take it in moderation, that's my advice to you. MrScorpio Dec 2014 #43

Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #45

Its amazing that they can't see how black cons are playing them for suckers MrScorpio Dec 2014 #46

Yep! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #47

wow...so tragic... steve2470 Dec 2014 #19

That is how my Grandfather came to be of Indiana, PA. ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #21

very very cool nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #22

Wow 1Strong JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #27

Wow. gollygee Dec 2014 #29

Horrendous! DawgHouse Dec 2014 #63

Depressing.... LeftInTX Dec 2014 #9

Sadly kicking. bravenak Dec 2014 #12

Horrible part of our history to be known. Activist IDA B. WELLS publicized US lynchings appalachiablue Dec 2014 #13

Maybe you should use the article's original headline instead. rug Dec 2014 #16

Kicked for more to see. 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #18

+1 freshwest Dec 2014 #23

I can't breathe... Skidmore Dec 2014 #30

Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit" WARNING: Disturbing Images! Feral Child Dec 2014 #31

A link to America's Black Holocaust Museum's Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #35

Thank you for the link. Skidmore Dec 2014 #37

The same thing is going on in this day and age. It's just on a much more subtle level. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #36

Several years ago Feral Child Dec 2014 #39

The 1st image shown isn't from the deep South. It's Marion Indiana, 1930. LeftinOH Dec 2014 #42

Can we talk about ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #44

I'd never heard of that before gollygee Dec 2014 #61

Yes, it was ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #62

You should make an OP about Black Wall Street, 1SBM. I know about Rosewood in FLA, but not about BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #84

Will do ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #85

Thanks so much, 1SBM. I've bookmarked and will read and use as reference when dealing BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #87

It's a shame that Black towns were disappeared from our history books BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #88

Yes, 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #89

Because it's the right thing to do and their sons and daughters need them BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #91

I get what you are saying; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #93

What are "HUBCs"? See? I learn something new every day. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #94

HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #99

I've never heard this this before. I think it would make an informative OP. myrna minx Dec 2014 #98

As I promised in #85 ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #100

Some background on No. 9... KansDem Dec 2014 #55

Horrifying. n/t YarnAddict Dec 2014 #56

"Hanged." I don't care if it was pointed out up-thread; I must say it. It's not a difficult rule. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #66

K&R Feral Child Dec 2014 #68

I think embarrassment had something to do with it madokie Dec 2014 #72

Regarding the history of African Americans, slavery and race relations in white Christian America... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #75

kick Dawson Leery Dec 2014 #76

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #78

kick TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #80

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #79

It's a very simple thing, change your title please to "hanged" steve2470 Dec 2014 #86

Baldwin's story "Going to Meet the Man" deutsey Dec 2014 #92

The hatred & corruption down there was just unbelievable. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #96

k+r Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #101

The curtains I hung. bravenak Dec 2014 #102

The OP has been asked many times to change the word - a word that doesn't appear in the original BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #103

Some people around here refuse to understand things. bravenak Dec 2014 #104