@FinalOverdrive @StillIRise1963 Definitely could have taken a different turn, but if you follow the legal history, at every step where choices were debated, the choice was always consciously made to oppress. After a tragic racist event in modern times you hear legislators and other politicians say "this is not who we are. We have to do better." But, it is absolutely who we are. That's why the radical right doesn't want history taught. They don't want you to know who you are.