On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:49:29 -0500, Topaz wrote:

The system was based on many things but the legal basis, the bedrock idea
was contained in the first three words of the Constitution. It's 'spirit'
can be found in the Declaration Of Independence and it's reasoning in
Paine's "Common Sense".

To the horror and persistent torture of racists of all types, the basis
is inclusive not exclusive. No matter what was practiced 100 years ago,
the lasting tangible is the ideal of human dignity. It does not matter
how past or current or future practices may fail, failure only comes when
people stop working towards this ideal.

As such, your post here is the anti-thesis of the American value.

To get down and historically dirty, you can not assign less than first
class citizenship to all non-whites. Many, if not most, whites also
enjoyed second and third class citizenship. Look up 'indentured
servitude' 'history of the Irish' and, the most disgraceful omission in
the PC history of the US, "history of labor".

I hope your post was a poor joke or just flame-bait thrill.