• ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    They went soft during reconstruction. Not fixing the southern problem then has allowed that racism and bullshit to fester for another century and the billionaires were able to harness that hatred for their own means.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah i dont think the North was a beacon of equality. They stopped slavery. They did not stop racial seggregation.