This is a 2 year old OP ED, but it needs to be read again

[The Polack MSgt]

I wish people would keep reading it until it sinks in.

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/article136721193.html

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Thanks for posting.

However, those who most need to read it, won't.

[brer cat]

2. K&R

[uponit7771]

3. "they were persuaded to risk their lives...for the right of a few to get rich"

[crickets]

5. K&R for visibility - Thanks for posting this.

[shanti]

6. Excellent article

Thank you for posting it!

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. The modern Confederate battle flag waving idiots,

the ones who still say "The South will rise again" seem to think the only reason they don't have a better job, or the modern equivalent of a plantation, is because of people of color.

As this article points out, in the pre-Civil War South, slaves were mostly owned by very few, very rich whites. A healthy, strong male slave cost the equivalent if $40K or more in today's dollars. The biggest plantations had hundreds of slaves.

[Martin Eden]

8. Thanks, more need to know this.

R voters have always been duped.