Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
Easy for the democratic process you want to prevail when you can rig it in your favor. Simply put, it wasnt democracy that decided black people could be oppressed, black people didnt have much of a say in whether or not they wanted to be oppressed. Have yourself a gander at the 3/5 compromise, then voter disenfranchisement, then Jim Crow laws. There was NOT a democratic process to be found.
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