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> who can't really comprehend the American obsession with race/skin color America's very founding was based on the "obsession" of race/skin color. The expansio
by sangnoir 3y ago
> who can't really comprehend the American obsession with race/skin color
America's very founding was based on the "obsession" of race/skin color. The expansion west wasn't very, uh, egalitarian.
> I'd understand it – in a sense – 100 or 500 years ago
100 years ago was 1924 - the "Tulsa race riots" had been 3 years prior, and a certain voluntary organization known for grandiose titles and its obsession with race/skin color was having a massive resurgence.