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When having discussions like this, I always like to imagine what it would be like if the situation were reversed. How white people would be acting and reacting today if we were the ones who had suffered in America through slavery and a century of systematic racism.

Seeing as how quick we are to martyr ourselves even after having basked for centuries in the warm glow of history's favor, I always find it a rather amusing pasttime.

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