The United States of America is a racist country....true or false ? 🇺🇸

After last nights election, and the recent results in Georgia, and in Florida. It is obvious that the mental stronghold on certain segments of White America still have an impact that results in an unnecessary fear based on propaganda and division. It ain't that damn bad, ok. It could be worse. Do you agree, that the US is still to some degree a racist country.

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LeopoldBloom · M

Race, specifically subjugation of Black people, has been central to the U.S. since its founding.

Zonuss · 41-45, M

@LeopoldBloom Dont forget [b] Hispanics, Jews, Asians, and Native Americans.[/b]

LeopoldBloom · M

@Zonuss They suffered discrimination, no question. And the Native American genocide will forever be a blot on this nation. But the enslavement of Black people provided the economic basis for the country. Black slavery persisted in the form of convict leasing until 1941, by the way.

Zonuss · 41-45, M

@LeopoldBloom Interesting. Segregation was outlawed but was a sporadic thing even up until the early 90s mainly private owned businesses.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Zonuss I'm talking about actual slavery. When a farmer or mine owner needed workers, the sheriff would round up a bunch of Black men, charge them with "vagrancy," then allow the business owner to pay their fine in return for labor. These men could be sold to other businesses, or new fines added to their penalties to allow their labor to continue. This is detailed in Douglas Blackmon's [i]Slavery by Another Name[/i]. FDR ended this after Pearl Harbor because it was feared that the Nazis would use the persistence of Black slavery as anti-American propaganda.

The legacy of slavery is far more recent than most Americans are aware. Some of the men who marched with MLK weren't just descended from slaves, they may have been slaves themselves.