[rdb3]

Most people dont realize that Slavery in the southern states was about MORE than mere Race. There were free, black slave owners, thousands of them.

An honest acknowledgement of history shows that to be true. There were many black slave owners. It's not a secret.

Slavery was a way of life for many back in Africa.

True, but what has that to do with this nation? Answer: Nothing.

Not all blacks were slaves in the US South. Some blacks owned slaves. This fact is astounding to many, confusing for some, and leads to a cognitive dissonance in others..

Somehow I missed being in a state of cognitive dissonance about this. I wonder why that is.

[NicknamedBob]

"Somehow I missed being in a state of cognitive dissonance about this."

Well, if you were in a state of cognitive dissonance, you wouldn't know it, would you? In fact, you could be in one now...

[cyborg]

It's true what you say Mark but doesn't take away from the point that slavery was wrong. After all, not all Jews were in the holocaust and in fact hunted down other Jews in Germany, Poland and elsewhere. Yet, I've never heard anyone say the same about Jews.