[Martha]

Does every African American issue have to be explained by slavery? I don't think the slave masters were smart enough to 'institutionalize' a divide and conquer mentality in a culture that would persist for over a hundred years. These were greedy, selfish, evil men not wise men capable of doing massive-scale institutionalizing. I think the fact that you grant the slave masters that much intellect implies that you think of them as superior. I know lots of intelligent African Americans who rise above their heritage, just like me, and refuse to be victims of that heritage. Otherwise they would still be slaves to that heritage. Why would you give your power today to those slave masters of yesterday? I think that the light black/dark black issue just shows that the racism in America is more complex than just ethnicity vs. ethinicity, but within ethnicities there is deep levels of racism.

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Name : Martha, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 30, City : Los Angeles, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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