Glorfindel wrote:
> rick wrote:
> > "Dave" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
>
> >>rick wrote:
>
> >>>snip the racist spew from Glorfindel.....
>
> >>How is it racist?
> >>===========
>
> > Comparing slaves, which in this country and in her comparisons
> > are black to dogs.
>
> There were slaves of other ethnicities even in "this
> country," and historically there have been slaves of every
> ethnic group.

Even if this weren't the case it is preposterous of Rick to
be accusing you of racism. The setence "Black people
were treated like dogs" has a completely different meaning
from the sentence "black people are like dogs". The fact
that Rick can't see the difference speaks volumes.

> How about the blond, blue-eyed British,
> German, and Irish slaves of the Roman Empire? Your lack
> of historical education ( not to mention grammar) is showing.
> It is the legal status of slaves which is analogous to the
> legal status of animals: both are chattel property.
>
> <snip>