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In reply to the discussion: Is There Anyone Here Who Is Actually Dumb Enough [View all]logosoco
(3,208 posts)It was a bad, cringe-worthy joke (many comedians that I enjoy do that sometimes!)
What it really made me think of was how fairly recently in our history those terms were a thing. Thinking on it more made me see how close much of the mindset of those days and places are still too unchanged in some areas of our country.
Also the bad joke deflected from the subject they had been talking about. That was pretty interesting. Maybe some people do need to do some hard work to understand how many people in this world survive and make a living. And some days it does seem like the one percent are taking the attitude of the plantations owners of the past and the workers today are slaves (maybe with the freedom that the slaves did not have, but working hard to get no where nonetheless).