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One drop of black blood and you’re black. That was the rule. That’s what kept the wall between whites and blacks was this one drop rule. So I was raised with absolutely no ambiguity about that.

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Shelby Steele

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Especially for blacks, but also for many Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans, group identity is now shaped more by a liberal politics in which past victimization is deferred to, and for which redress is sought with preferential treatment, than by a unified culture.

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Freedom in America was not always flat. Racism made it un-flat, so that some people had privileges over other people.

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June 5, 2024

Freedom in America was not always flat. Racism made it un-flat, so that some people had privileges over other people.

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June 5, 2024

Especially for blacks, but also for many Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans, group identity is now shaped more by a liberal politics in which past victimization is deferred to, and for which redress is sought with preferential treatment, than by a unified culture.

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