TIL in 1946, a black WWII veteran was taking a bus home in uniform, and asked the driver to stop for a bathroom break. The driver called the police, and the local chief of police arrested the man, beat him, and gouged out his eyes with a nightstick. The officer was acquitted by an all-white jury.

And it took the Americans until the goshdarned mid 1960's before signs in public places with no blacks allowed written on them became forbidden, 15 years after black american soldiers gave their lives in WW2 just as bravely as any white american soldier. And then Americans have the nerve to criticize Europe about things such as appropriation, immigration laws and what not? And lets not forget that when Europe abolished slavery in the early 1800's, America needed another 50'ish years before they'd finally abolish slavery too in 1865 (only for it to continue both illegally and through various loopholes for decades more). This is why I sometimes get a bit sick of the holier-than-thou attitude of some Americans (not all, plenty are cool modern minded people). Rant over.

Isaac Woodard is a good example of how inhumane people can treat other people, because they simply look different (a difference people teach eachother, because generally an innocent child doesn't differentiate between people simply because of skin colour without someone setting a bad example).

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