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To: FITZ

And just to clarify, regarding the treaties - The treaties were agreements between what were at the time sovereign nations, rather than between The government and American Citizens (indians didn't become actual citizens until 1929 - something we earned by serving this country in such great numbers in various wars, but I digress)...

If you can show me a point in history where African-Americans had a sovereign nation here (excluding Philadelphia where "The bruthas and sistas are runnin this city!") in what became the United States, then I might agree with the analogy ;0)


966 posted on 08/17/2004 7:54:36 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Real Men Like Bush)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
African-Americans had a sovereign nation here

They didn't --- but they also weren't over here by choice or allowed to get a paycheck for their work. I'm not in favor of reparations --- but there is an issue of something being taken from your ancestors --- and if you are owed --- land in the case of the Indians, labor in the case of the slaves.

973 posted on 08/17/2004 8:18:02 PM PDT by FITZ
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