Black People - Stop Blaming Racism, Take Responsibility

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Regarding the "slavery was a long time ago" argument that people love throwing around so much...

Yes, it was a long time ago. However, there are a good number of people in America today who would happily see it come back. While people like that exist, and hold power, slavery isn't something we need to forget about in a hurry.

There are also still segregationalists, and lots of racial tension. I think you have to be pretty ignorant to think America is a post-racial society.

The UK is not a post-racial society, even though there's good argument to suggest we're quite ahead of America on race-relations (not perfect by any means, but better).

Sometimes I hear Americans discussing race, and I can't believe some of the opinions I hear. I can't believe there are actually adults who think some of this stuff. It's like listening to a group of children in the school classroom sometimes.

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Speaking of which, there is a large part of the Southern States that idealizes the Confederacy and down plays slavery. http://www.wcbi.com/local-news/confedera...reactions/

MONTGOMERY — One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War’s end, several Southern states will mark Confederate Memorial Day as an official state holiday.

“We’re celebrating the lives of our ancestors,” said Gary Carlyle, Alabama Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Carlyle, who prefers to call it the War for Southern Independence, said the war was started by an invasion.

Alabama State University, a historically black university in Montgomery, will host a symposium on Confederate Memorial Day.

Dr. Derryn Moten, acting chair of the Department of History and Political Science, said many people likely find the idea of a day dedicated to Confederate dead quaint or strange.

“I think more people question the ethicacy of giving it or having it as an official state holiday,” Moten said.

Moten said he wants the conference to debunk some of the myths, including that the Confederacy was not interested in the perpetuation of slavery.

The Constitution of the Confederate states discussed slavery multiple times, including that there would be no law impairing the right to own in “negro slaves.”