It is quite wrong to say,
blacks had opportunity,
equality, and liberty,
since emancipation,
through present day.
systematic exclusion,
and separation,
left them without equal consideration,
long after "black freedom"
emancipation did nothing,
amendments 13 -15 did nothing,
The Civil rights act was something,
struck down by racism and politics quickly,
and continued slavery's hierarchy.
For the court decided,
the state in which the resided,
were the people who decided
the black place in soceity.
These states were run by mobs,
who saw nothig wrong,
with hanging men from trees,
to keep them from speaking voting their voice,
and excuting their father given choice.
Separate but equal,
made it clear,
that inequality was held to dear,
and the blacks were still kept clear,
of any chance at uplift.
so to say,
only those who were slaves,
deserve redress,
from the government,
is not accurate,
for blacks,
outside of slavery's chains,
were forced to remain inferior,
perhaps even still today.
I am offended by the word black. They are African Americans.
Funny how YOU are offended, yet you say THEY are African Americans. Personally as a Black American, African American, etc either or to me, or you can just call me by my name...yes I perfer that. It's kind of like, well is there a difference between African American and Black? Some might say the term African American are Americans who immigrated directly from Africa, or some might say its both. Since most Black Americans aren't homogeneous (a lot of us have traces of other ethnicities), just like Anglo-whites aren't (some are mixed with Dutch, British, etc). Race is a social thing you can't clearly define it, but you can define someones ancestry, but America (and other countries) are too lazy to realized that everyone can't be pushed into one group.People might get "offended" by using both, I'm going to look more into that :)