Reply #35: The kind of history discussed in this thread is very important. Ask yourself,

[AirAmFan]

where did William Bennett GET the ideas that spilled out of his mouth onto the airwaves?

Why does a map of "red" states today reproduce almost perfectly the historical map of slave states?

Why are white juries so often willing to convict Blacks on purely circumstantial or no evidence?

Why is there no "Museum of Slavery" on the Malll in Washington DC? Just about every country that has a history of slavery has such a museum, and educates its children to shun the prejudices of their ancestors.

All of these things are legacy of a slavemaster - slave past few Americans ever have been willing to acknowledge.