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'You and me, we sweat and strain': blacks in America and the musical Show Boat : Comments

By Peter West, published 7/1/2016

A Civil Rights Act gave citizenship to black people in 1866. But success for the North and the subjugation of the South began a long period of difficult times for people of colour.

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Dear Waverley,

In the twentieth century the challengers to the USA for superpower status were Nazi Germany, imperial Japan and the Soviet Union. As scary and bad as the US is, can you imagine Nazi Germany, imperial Japan or the Soviet Union being better than the US?
Posted by david f, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 4:17:12 PM
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"To be virtuous we must remove ourselves from the economic system entirely and find a place where we can exist on subsistence farming and not pay taxes."
umm...ummm..
Australia..subsistence..
Posted by nicknamenick, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 5:12:05 PM
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Goodness me. Who would have thought that discussion on a fuzzy old 1951 musical would have become discussed by so many!
Have a great day everyone, atheists as well as believers ha ha
Posted by Waverley, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 7:37:40 AM
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