Quote:It seems like you're saying that animosity between the races was limited exclusively to whites hating blacks in America. The emergence of those institutions was an attempt to preserve the culture during Reconstruction. It's no secret that America was not kind to the freed slaves or to minorities in general through the mid-20th century, but I still don't think hate is the right word. Sure, some folks hate others because of their race, but blacks in America were suffering a class war, and poor (especially southern) whites were just as likely to be abused. Yes, whites were fine with blacks as a component of their farm equipment. Hating them makes no more sense than me hating my Dell. I think it was very rare for a guy to say "I really hate them Negroes, I'm gonna go buy me some so I can abuse 'em." Now, contrast that to Nazis who rounded up all the Dells they could find and stuffed them in an incinerator. THAT is the definition of hate in my book.  

 

I understand your point, but the common thread between Nazis and slave owners was the belief that certain races were subhuman. Slave owners subjugated their targets, Nazis exterminated theirs. Defining one as more hateful than another is splitting hairs. Either way, each has a flag symbolic of their deplorable actions.

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