Yes, it was the systematic degredation of a peoples, but it is illogical
to ignore it.  (Some) whites want to forget it and (some) people of color
want reparations.  Rather than both extremes, open dialogue and
understanding of the FACTS, good and bad, are what is needed.
        Just one man's opinion.

                                        Vince

Vince Brooks
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                                                - Muddy Waters

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Bill Mulligan wrote:

> At 04:41 PM 2/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >But isn't that distorting history?  The Africans who worked on the
> >plantation were most definitely slaves.  Some of them had it real good,
> >living better than poor, free whites and some of them were treated worse
> >than abused animals.
>
> No matter how "good" they may appear to have had it, they were still
> enslaved.  That cannot have been "good" in any meaningful sense.
>
>
> >Why is the use of the word "slave" such a bad thing?
>
> Because it represents one group of humans systematically degrading another
> for profit.
>
> >
> >Deb
> >
>
>
> William H. Mulligan, Jr. [[log in to unmask]]
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