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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
...I still stick by what I said before, it ended in 1865 there is no one alive who was directly affected by slavery...
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Whatever "directly" means. Your earlier comment was broader:
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...there is no one currantly alive that has been affected by it...
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Slavery actually ended in 1863, not 1865, but there is no way that the effects of slavery ended then. IMHO, slavery's aftermath is still with us. It's not an excuse for the dysfunction described by Bill Cosby. Likewise, the Emancipation Proclamation is not an excuse for those who wield the power in this country to assume that we have a level playing field. That's all I'm saying. I'm not trying to make any larger point than that.