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It's blatant reverse descrimination. Just like affirmative action.

Another thing that miffs me....the refusal to see injustices done in the past by other races. For instance, a large majority of the African citizens sold into slavery were sold to the white men by fellow black Africans. There were coastal tribes who made thier living off of selling those they had captured from weaker tribes. I'm not saying that this is right, but why don't those activists seeking retribution go to Africa and prosecute the tribes there?? Hell, the people of Israel were held in captivity three hundred years and you don't see them crying about it. They've moved past it to become one of the strongest militarized nations in the world. The use of slaves has been documented world wide throughout recorded history. That doesn't make it right, but America is supposed to have moved past all of this. Funny how these activists keep bringing it back up.

How about the native American? Everyone cries about the poor native American, and how he was forced off his land and into reservations. Sure, the government broke treaties with the Indians, and they were mistreated. But what about the tribes who were here before them? What about the people of the Anasazi? They had large cities with paved trade routes traversing 100's of miles. The next thing we know, they're living on meza tops, and finally, they reside in cliff dwellings. No one really knows what happened, but fierce tribes from the north apparently began attacking the Anasazi. They were forced to defend themselves in fortified cities. And then they disappeared off the face of the earth. Legend has it that they returned to where they came from through a hole in the ground, but in reality, they were wiped out, and the few remaining were assimilated into other cultures. It's been happening since time began. One people lives at a location for hundreds of years until a stronger people move in and wipe them out or assimilate them. It happened in Asia. It happened in Europe. It happened in Africa. And it happened in America. It's nothing new. Just the way of the world. We did to the native american what he did to the people living there before him.

It's the way of the world...no one ever said it would be fair or just, but just that it would continue until history ends.

--nathan