To anyone saying, "Psh, why are those black people so w

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To anyone saying, "Psh, why are those black people so worse off?! Why can't they pull themselves up by their bootstraps!?"

Check this:

"In 1898, Wilmington was a thriving port city on the coast of North Carolina.

About two-thirds of Wilmington’s population was African American. African Americans were business people who owned barbershops, restaurants, tailor shops, and drug stores.

A group of predominately white Populists and African American Republicans won political control of the state.

Two days after the election, violence erupted into the “Wilmington Race Riot.” About 500 white men had assembled at the armory, and Waddell lead them to the Daily Record office several blocks away.

Hundreds of African Americans [were] killed and their bodies dumped into the river. In addition, hundreds of African Americans were banished from the city of Wilmington."

This happened in the city I lived my whole life in, and no one ever told me 'til recently.

You'll have to excuse them if they weren't eager to just "try again" after such a violent upheaval, which btw, happened ALL across America (Tulsa, anyone?).

Oh wait, but black people DID try again, in the 60's! And then... well, despite Civil Rights laws passing, think about how many civil rights leaders that didn't make it past the 60's in order for those rights to be respected, or were hunted and had to live in exile.

So the next time you say "but this minority, but that minority" think about the *very specific* history black Americans have had in this country.

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newsouth/4360