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In reply to the discussion: Should Black History Month include White History? [View all]ProfessorGAC
(65,415 posts)10. Good Reply To An Interesting OP
And I concur.
BTW: the 2 sides of my family came here in the same 2 decades that your family did!
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You can't find a single motherfucker who will admit their family had anything to do with slavery. "Not my family."
SoFlaBro
Feb 15
#7
I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. I was an adult before I learned that the 'freedom' the Alamo fighters
Aristus
Feb 15
#8
Whether white people's families were slaveowners or not, every white person in this country benefits from white
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 15
#15
Excellent post. So much info. Many of the early presidents owned slaves. Washington and Jefferson...
brush
Feb 16
#26
Indeed, Ma'am, Abolition Views Did Not Entail Disbelief In Negro Inferiority And White Supremacy
The Magistrate
Feb 16
#28