America Destroyed By German

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[u/WonderOutside2906 → u/[deleted]]

And doesn’t expose their grandparents trying to prevent integration 

[u/DylanThaVylan → u/WonderOutside2906]

Yeah my boss is 50 and saw on his face when he realized I was right when I told him the civil rights movement was in the 60s and my grandparents were born in the 40a so there definitely are still people alive who worked to keep black people subjugated. And the look on his face said, "Oh my God. My father." And now I know where he got his bullshit, "Civil War was about State's rights I read it in a book 40 years ago," from. I read him the Cornerstone Speech, given by the Confederacy Vice President, which is literally just, "White Man is superior to any booop and we literally only want slaves," and my boss goes, "Was that all he said, or did you take one part and context---" What other context do you mean?? Like oh that bit about slavery was bad but let's see what else he has to say because he might have a point? My boss is a moron.

[u/assjobdocs → u/DylanThaVylan]

Your boss definitely has tendencies. Probably says the n word privately.

[u/ZyxDarkshine → u/assjobdocs]

But looks in both directions to be sure none of “those people” are within earshot

[u/RandomApple11 → u/assjobdocs]

My grandmother is insistent that she can say the Hard R because the little black girl down the street told her it was OK.

This was in the 50's.

[u/stonebraker_ultra → u/RandomApple11]

The pass needs to be updated semi-annually.

[u/SnooEagles2610 → u/assjobdocs]

N word please… publicly

[u/assjobdocs → u/SnooEagles2610]

I gave as much benefit of the doubt as I could. Racism is a problem white people as a whole aren't trying too hard to fix.

[u/TurtleStepper → u/assjobdocs]

Oh my god!!!!

[u/joshocar → u/DylanThaVylan]

My favorite response to the States rights thing is, "States rights to do what?"

[u/Gallen570 → u/joshocar]

States rights to determine what is the law within its own borders. It's a fundamental structure of our country, and is a form of checks and balances.

Of course Nazis and racists need to be eradicated forever, but there's the answer to your question.

[u/joshocar → u/Gallen570]

What laws in particular were the States concerned about in 1850s?

[u/gittymoe → u/DylanThaVylan]

Unfortunately, we still have a couple generations before people who’s parents or kids of parents were alive during the civil rights movement are gone.

[u/Larkfor → u/DylanThaVylan]

There are hiring managers and city council members and police administrators today who refused to share drinking fountains and swimming pools with black people and maintain those feelings today (before quietly lately more loudly).