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    I think it has something to do with the fact that America enslaved one particular race (black people) for the first hundred some years of its existence and just gave them equal rights 50 years ago.

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    • In case you didn't know, yes it was black peopleukit
    • It was? My imported book from Texas says it was Latinos & African Americans who voluntarily gave their servitude.omgitsacamera
    • haha, that's right, they were totally cool with it. No hard feelingsukit
    • "the first one hundred years"? I think you need a multiplier on that.TheBlueOne
    • Yeah, it was just the trend back then, just like Apple. People wanted to be with the times.omgitsacamera
    • 1776 - 1865 ?ukit
    • Well, if you count the colonial period as Americas 'existence', then it would be like 250/300 yrsomgitsacamera
    • First slaves brought to America in 1619.TheBlueOne
    • You can go back all the way to 1502 when the Spaniards brought enslaved Africans to her Caribbean colonies.omgitsacamera
    • OK, let's go back to 1502.
      *waves hands, makes time travel wooshing sounds      TheBlueOne
    • BAM.omgitsacamera
    • And welcome!TheBlueOne
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