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• • 21 Nov 07
  • 6:02 pm

  Whattheheck, You wrote "The founders didn’t say, “ Somebody should do this for me.” They pledged their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” to build a nation." Didn't they decide to have someone else do it for them when they brought all the slaves to "build" America for them? So please show me someone who hasn't gotten rich off the backs of free African labor in those days. Also, for wakeup, there will never be true equality until white people stop wanting the status quo of white privilege and blacks just decide to take what they need and stop waiting for the …

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• • 26 Nov 07
  • 11:29 am

  Well Wakeup, The practice of white privilege works in this way, given the equal circumstances of a black and a white person, the white will have MORE opportunities than the black person. If that is not true then why my friend are whites making 58% more than their black counterpart. Yep, that sounds equal. Anyway, if that poor white person were to clean up and attempt to get a job, I am sure that they would have a leg up on the black applicant. Where are you getting this ostracizing of blacks who do well in school? Is this something you've …

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• • 26 Nov 07
  • 11:40 am

  Hey ezloving, Now that Exxon Mobile is making billions in profit why don't people all just stop crying and whining about it. Just move on and get over it. Stop acting like the victim it's over and gas prices aren't going to go down, geez. You know those casinos are just pouring money right into the pockets of ALL Native Americans right? Sure we took your land, and killed most of your people but, it's over so just get over it and look on the bright side. You can get an education and if you just do what your told you …

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• • 26 Nov 07
  • 11:48 am

  Whattheheck, When I say that everyone got rich off of slavery, that means that at the time slavery was an institution and when the plantations were making money hand over fist, every other business got trickle down money. If that isn't clear enough, think of it this way: Plantation owner gets money for doing nothing, he then buys clothing, furniture, incidentals and anything else you can think of. So, by getting money for nothing, he had plenty of money to throw around to other business that might not have owned slaves. These other business owners did get to pass that slave …

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• • 28 Nov 07
  • 9:22 pm

  Right, too diverse. Lets just go back to the status quo which is everything run and operated by whites it's so much easier. Who needs to take into account the "others". Well I am actually done here. As I know for a fact that you will NEVER convince me that blacks are so well off and it is our attitude that keeps us making only 58% of what whites make. And I sure as hell am not going to be able to convince any of you that there is more than just blacks being poor, feeling sorry for themselves, violent, ghetto …

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