Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation
by jessedhillon on Monday August 26, 2013 @01:56PM
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It's a sad place where someone has to create a sock puppet to say "I think slavery had complicated, long-term cultural effects which are often dismissed without a second look, and I think they bear closer inspection."
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Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation
by throwaway_a on Monday August 26, 2013 @02:10PM
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Indeed. Obama's speech speaks right to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHBdZWbncXI
Everyone, including(maybe even especially) black americans, should watch this speech. Anyone who feels Obama is wrong after watching the video should closely examine themselves for why that is and what beliefs they carry that the speech conflicts with.
Everyone, including(maybe even especially) black americans, should watch this speech
There is nothing in that speech which is not already common-knowledge or thoroughly discussed among blacks.
Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation
by throwaway_a on Monday August 26, 2013 @02:33PM
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True. At the least, it's just to let them know that the first black president understands their plight. That they're not inferior or prone to violence by birth(a few really do think that). That in itself is worth something I think. On a sidenote, the fact that my comments aren't getting downvoted shows that there's hope too. Maybe I didn't give HN enough credit and could have used my main HN account to post.