Slavery needed to end in America.  It is terrible that it took the Civil War to get this nation on the road to that. It is worse that we are still having this discussion in 2017.  We should not be having to have this conversation.  The Civil War was over 150 years ago.   It is absolutely ridiculous for Americans in 2017 to have to rehash a Civil War of 150 years ago, when we have so many problems and threats today.