Originally Posted by robot_parade

(Shouting now)
GOOD FOR HIM! RACIALLY CONTROVERSIAL?! THAT MEANS "ANGRY BLACK PEOPLE", DOESN'T IT? DAMN RIGHT THEY'RE ANGRY - THEY HAVE A DAMN GOOD REASON FOR BEING ANGRY. WE FUCKING ENSLAVED THEIR ANCESTORS, RAPED THE WOMEN, FLOGGED THE MEN, CALLED THEM "NIGGERS", LYNCHED THEM, TOLD THEIR CHILDREN THEY WEREN'T "GOOD ENOUGH" TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH WHITE CHILDREN, AND EVEN, TO THIS VERY DAY, SUBJECT THEM TO SUBTLE RACISM *EVERY* *SINGLE* *DAY*. AND, WHEN ONE OF THEM *DARES* TO GET ANGRY ABOUT IT, PEOPLE GO AROUND FAINTING AND CLUTCHING AT THEIR PEARLS AND CRYING "OH, NO, REVERSE-RACISM!".
(Ok, done shouting)

These are not things that happened 'a long time ago'. People alive today remember some of these events. They are our history. Obama today made a truly amazing speech about reconciling people in this country. If you, or anyone else, want to hear it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU