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Originally Posted by Michael Tree
That's a truly bizarre case to quote, because it's the case that singlehandedly authorized JIM CROW! That case enabled a century of prejudicial discrimination and poverty for African Americans. If that case hadn't overturned the Civil Rights act of 1875, then African Americans in 1883 could have had the civil rights that they didn't actually get until the 1960's.
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I travel far and wide and quite often. I've been to over 100 countries on 6 continents. I like telling people about our historic city of Philadelphia, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Tom Jefferson, the letters of John Adams and his wife Abagail, Washington at Valley Forge, Lincoln at Gettysburg ...
What a glorious history and heritage we have!!!!!!!!
Especially in Europe I sometimes get nasty replies, like
"You Americans are such hypocrites! Always talking about freedom and liberty and democracy ... what about your history of
slavery ... blah blah blah... the KKK ... blah blah ... Jim Crow laws ... blah blah ... race riots ... urban crime ... crazy religious sects ... blah blah blah ... Rodney King ... gun violence ... out of control crime rates ... blah blah ... Matthew Shepherd ... blah blah blah ... 
I'm tired of having to defend the good ol' US of A. That's why we need to live in a country where civil rights are defended.
... AND, in my view, civil rights includes equal opportunity in employment, housing and public accommodations.
