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by 8note 1615 days ago
That doesn't explain why you couldn't put a gun to your neighbors head and keep him as a slave in america. Theres without doubt a racial component to who could be a slave and whow couldnt
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Long ago it was most certainly racial. However, these days what we see is mostly economic effects. This is why anti-discrimination efforts don't change things--it's not discrimination in the first place.