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SteelPenguin

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Thu Apr-10-08 08:06 AM
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45. That's skewed

While I agree that the American Indians were treated even worse than African Americans (both directly and indirectly), your second paragraph is a bit skewed.

Saying that they gladly stayed on their plantations, when they had no money, no idea where to go, no options, and the second they stepped foot off the plantation ran the risk of being reenslaved, or killed, by someone else, is comparable to saying that the Cherokee gladly moved to the wide open spaces of Oklahoma because they had plenty of room to run. A choice made by a person who has no choice isn't something to base any ideas on.

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