Waco1947 said:
My apologies for lack of clarity. Thank you for the question. I meant that whites are prone to say "I'm not racist because:"
1) "I don't see color"
2) "Civil Rights legislation gave African Americans all the rights that whites have."(except there is always white backlash and laws were passed to circumvent those rights)
3) "I don't say the n-word." (Terrific but not enough
4) "I have black friends."
5) "I voted for Obama."(Again Trump's election is white backlash against Obama's election.)
Yes, the Revolution was about slavery because
1) the Constitution of 1836 (the same year as the Alamo and San Jacinto)
2) Austin was was a slave owner as were other leading Texians and they petitioned constantly to Mexico's abolitionists policies and they circumvented Mexico's laws which allowed for indentured servants so the slave holders wrote laws allowing 1,000 year contracts for slaves.
3) The South that was in the US wanted another slave state to outvote the North and they got their wish in 1845 when Texas became a state
Notice there are no ad hominin attacks in my response. I would ask the same of you.
Allow me to channel my innermost Samuel L. Jackson character and retort!
1. I did not used to see color but over the past year I opened my eyes and ears a little more. Now I see color and the color black is far and away out of control. Blacks are driving a huge wedge between whites and blacks and destroying years of progress made.
2. Civil rights were there for the picking. Guess who was too lazy to reach down and pick them up?
3. I do. Now. I said it a few times in elementary school but then can't remember uttering it until someone (black, white, brown, whatever) acted like a N!%%er. Who cares? It is just a word and if someone deserves to be called one then use it when you need to. It has no effect though and it shouldn't. I've uttered the term WHITE N!%%er many more times personally.
4. I have a few. Primarily because we were teammates for years and spent a lot of time together. I call a few of them to check on them occasionally. That's about as far as it goes and we both like it like that. I've told a few of them that I love them like a brother.
5. I could not vote for a man that was nowhere close to being qualified.
Your sad attempt at painting Texians as racist is embarrassing. We should have banned all black slaves from coming across the Sabine or Red Rivers and worked out labor conditions with a far superior worker just South of the Rio Grande.
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key"