From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 31 2001 - 22:37:17 MDT
>From: Greg Burch <gregburch@gregburch.net>
>BTW, regarding the question of the historical burden of slavery, I like to
>say that the current cost in the U.S. of slavery is the present value of
>the
>price of 40 acres and a mule in 1865.
Which, at first glance, may seem like a decent-sized chunk of dough.
However I assume that it was only freed black men living during 1865 who
were supposed to get that bounty. Assuming that group numbered ~600,000 at
the time, dividing their share amongst their millions of present day black
decendants would amount to about 40 cents and a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey
game each.
-Zero
Life is good. Refuse to die.
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