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20 Apr 08
Re-Post: If you thought Slavery ended with Lincoln Think again
The only way we will end
racism is to understand how this evil has lived on and impacted lives long after the Emancipation Proclamation. I strongly
recommend these two books "The Shadow of Slavery - Peonage in the South 1901-1969" by Pete Daniel and "Slavery
by Another Name:The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II" by Douglas A. Blackmon.
In a recent radio interview of Douglas Blackmon - a caller related the story of his immigrant/white grandfather who
was enslaved under these practices. So you see it is not just a black thing. Racism is an equal opportunity manifestation
of hatred. If we don't acknowledge, understand and learn from its history, things will never really change.
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