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On 4/27/2015 3:36 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "W. Lohman" > wrote in message
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>> On 4/26/2015 5:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:09:16 -0600, "W. Lohman" > wrote:
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>>>>> On 4/26/2015 4:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> > On 2015-04-26 5:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Racist Brits and Aussies seem to do that. Americans are proud of
>>>>> >> their roots, but they have divided their populations into us vs
>>>>> >> them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Are they? Many of anglo ancestry seem to want to disassociate >
>>>>> themselves
>>>>> > from the nation that spawned an empire that spanned the globe.
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean the 'white guilt" tribe?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah well.
>>>>>
>>>>> > Then there is about 10% of the population that are descendants of >
>>>>> slaves who
>>>>> > seem to want to blame their current woes on the institution of
>>>>> slavery,
>>>>> > which went down the tubes 150 years ago... 6 generations.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unsurprisingly that institution produced a multi-generational self
>>>>> esteem deficit.
>>>>>
>>>>> A sad but observable malady still being acted out.
>>>>>
>>>> Slavery is alive and well in the South and being expanded as other
>>>> states adopt "right to work".
>>>
>>> It's alive and well in this whole world! I recently read this book.
>>> Very sad.
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>>
>>>

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>> "Kevin Bales's disturbing story of slavery today reaches from brick
>> kilns in Pakistan and brothels in Thailand to the offices of
>> multinational corporations. "
>>
>> Really?!??
>>
>> I'd love to see some credible examples of these" corporate office
>> slaves..."

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> Read the book.



Please list a few that you recall.

I'm of no mind to spend my cash on what I perceive to be a biased
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