Did you know there was a Civil Rights Act of 1875?

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5. Yes, I updated it in real time as I read it:

"When a man has emerged from slavery (When Obama was elected), and, by the aid of beneficent legislation (by the aid of affirmative action), has shaken off the inseparable concomitants of that state (his inherent Black skin), there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws, and when his rights as a citizen or a man are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men's rights are protected (we declare that equal rights for all Black people has been achieved because one Black man achieved a level of power we wish for ourselves. Which, if we had it, we’d use it to enslave Black and brown people again. Obviously that means if more Black people gain power, they will enslave us, so we have to shut this shit down).”