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Old 02-29-2012, 02:22 PM   #82 (permalink)
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Is that all you got out of my post? That I'm outraged that Jews don't get as much appreciation as blacks? There's still 6.5 million of them in our country. I don't think it has anything to do with population figures, it's just the lingering bitterness/cloud of guilt that exists between blacks and whites.
So it has nothing to do with the fact that African-Americans' struggles for civil rights are a major aspect of this country's history? It's just about "lingering bitterness".

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If anything, I'd think the smaller the minority, the more attention that would need be brought to their plight (that is, if I thought these [insert race] History Months were necessary in the first place) since they'd be lacking as much of a voice.
That could be true in many cases, but that is certainly not true with regards to the comparison you are discussing here.
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