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Slaves were property that could be passed from person to person in a will or bought, sold and traded for other goods. It was thought that slaves would work harder without the need to care for one another so children were sold or exchanged as a measure of keeping others inline.

Since the first installment I’ve been asked, “Then what is the problem in the black community? Slavery ended in 1863, why aren’t they thriving and excelling?”
Simple the answers may seem but you have look back to the end… Continue

CNN's Black in America failed to address some of the issues that caused the problems for Blacks in America.
Fingers were pointed at the poorly educated, no fathers in homes, out of wedlock children and high incarceration rates but instead of frankly discussing the causes of these situations statistics were inserted as 'just the way it is facts'.

I had to use three different people in the documentary to comprise my personal Black in America story, so that wasn't the story. Statistics belong to a… Continue