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The politics are addressing racism is hard. White people don't want to take responsibility for something that happened before they were born; minorities won't accept their current problems are their fault.

Neither group is wrong for feeling the way they do, but the hard truth is accepting these positions is the only starting point to undoing hundreds of years of assholery.

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Slavery was not a white problem, it was a humanity problem of multiple skin colours, and in some places, still is.

No one should be held accountable for their ancestors actions. I certainly don't look at anyone Who is Japanese and think "Pearl Harbour", it's just not sensible.

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