Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved other whites in Europe for centuries before the first black was brought to the Western hemisphere. Asians enslaved Europeans. Asians enslaved other Asians. Africans enslaved other Africans, and indeed even today in North Africa, blacks continue to enslave blacks.

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Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

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I love a black wedding dress.

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When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.― Jess C. Scott

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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. — Angela Davis

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It can never be bad to have a foundation as a man - a black man - in a time when women are dying for men. Women have started to become lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men.

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Healing begins where the wound was made.

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I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.

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I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black. — Joe Biden

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I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

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