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This guy appears to be young, idealistic, and energetic. But he is wrong. Regardless of the spotted history of our country, to call it a country that oppresses people of color systematically is taking some liberties with the facts. And I take offense to a blanket statement that our ancestors enslaved black and brown people.

Maybe HIS ancestors did. But mine did not. My ancestors risked their lives and livelihood fighting during the civil war on the Union side in order to free the slaves. This was a time of hardship for them and at least one of them, my great-grandfather Albro Curtiss, took an injury that afflicted him the rest of his life.