Yes, unfortunately, there are some who are just going to feel that way, no matter how much reason or logic is shown to them.
Fortunately, wardaddy isn't one of them. We've exchanged thoughts upthread, and are on the same page.
Thanks for your excellent observation. Much appreciated.
Have to admit, I was just as taken aback initially (obviously, LOL). Glad everybody straightened that out.
In another post, you said:
African blacks may have borne some responsibility for their fall to whatever malevolent forces first began the long process of enslavement and degradation against them. I do know, for instance, that African tribes collaborated with the slave traders, and sold their fellow blacks into bondage in the 1600's.
That makes me think that a people who have such a long history of being bought and sold and viewed as inferior beings designed for simple labor had much to overcome in terms of perception of their own place in any society.
Now add the birth and rise of Marxism to the equation. That happened right around the time of the Civil War (The Communist Manifesto was written around the mid-1800's I believe) and populist movements gained steam here in the US through the late 1800's into the 20th century. So you had thousands and thousands of freed blacks trying to find a place in post-Civil War American society, and I believe they were easy pickings for the anti-capitalist/pro-worker philosophy (which evolved into the platform of the Democrat party). A people with a stronger collective sense of worth might not have been so vulnerable.