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Originally Posted by politicophile
Remember that time your great-great-great grandfather was lynched by the KKK?
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This attitude is what I perceive to be part of the problem in regards to why some of us argue for affirmative action programs. Many young people alive today had grandparents who were abused and lynched. The rest of the Black people alive today either directly experienced abuse or their parents did...it's not ancient history.
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