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Originally posted by pelagicnavigator
I don't think blacks ever built anything did they....
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Uh, if you're really in Charleston, look around - anything that's over 100 years old was built by blacks. Go down to the market and look at the baskets - buy one from an old black lady that's been making them since she was 6. Give it to your children. Have them use and abuse it for 200 years. It will STILL be in great shape. Go buy a basket at Wally World and do the same thing and see if you can still use it in a year.
Blacks fought in the civil war - for the SOUTH!
The economy of the south that you're enjoying was built on black labor 100+ years ago. And this is from a blonde haired blue eyed white girl whose great grandparents owned a cotton plantation
Are there "bad blacks"? Sure there are. There are "bad whites" (it seems I may be responding to one, in fact
). There are "bad chinese", there are "bad russians" (and no, Serge is NOT one, lol! Serge is GREAT!). There are bad eggs in every basket, but to classify a race by a few people that CLAIM to represent them is nothing short of stupid, IMHO.
For an interesting book about slaves that help build and shape Charleston, read
Slaves in the Family by Elias Ball