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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1175263" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>This assumption that anyone with a dark skin complexion automatically has ties to the pre civil war days of slavery is mostly untrue.  In fact, if I am not mistaken only around 10% of the current U.S. population has family roots that date back before the civil war.  You are ignoring the fact that we had an immigration boom in the post civil war days going into the 20th century where most modern day Americans have connections too.  Case in point during the days of the civil war and prior my own family was still spread out around Europe, and I have no verifiable roots in the U.S. prior to the late 19th century.  This holds true for most blacks today.  The sad truth is its easier to play the victim than it is to take ownership for one's own personal situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>