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Old 09-16-2007, 12:29 PM   #5
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
So giving blacks the right to vote is telling them "not to fuck with each other"?
The civil rights movement didn't give blacks the right to vote, which already existed, it told whites to stop interfering with the blacks right to vote. It also told whites (and blacks) not to interfere with anybody's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Keeping in mind all the laws in the world won't make it happen, on an individual basis, just punish people who persist. The only thing that makes it happen in a non-institutional environment, is personal contact building respect, like you said.
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