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Because every country in Africa is exactly the same so they share the same culture? What a ridiculous and also incredible racist idea. NYT always the same.

• chitowneats 5y ago
  That's not the argument. They claim it refers specifically to the African diaspora in the U.S. The presumption being that they share the legacy of slavery and discriminatory laws afterwards. Which many do.
  • nomdep 5y ago
    Then many “whites” share the legacy of slave owning and the same laws afterwards. Except for everyone that doesn’t. It is racist, no matter how much you sugarcoat it
  • dragonwriter 5y ago
    > The presumption being that they share the legacy of slavery and discriminatory laws afterwards. No, that they share an identity forged in the experience of slavery and the discriminatory laws afterward, and in many cases that's all the ethnic identity they have because their ancestors preexisting cultural heritage and identity was forcefully prevented from being preserved.
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  • loopz 5y ago
    There are rubbles in Middle East where they cling to the past too. It's not a living identity.