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walkingman

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1. Anyone that lived in the South prior to Civil Rights knows that discrimination was the intent

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Sat May 2, 2026, 11:29 AM

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and it was justified with a "separate but equal" philosophy which was just a mask for the deeply engrained social belief that white people were superior.

I grew up in that era and it was real - looking back almost unbelievable poverty by minorities right in front of my eyes.

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