&gt; Also, is that really what you want to say on a public forum? You want to say that ending slavery was the slaves&#x27; responsibility? Interesting.<p>Not what I said, you need to buy new reading glasses.<p>Doing anything starts with the <i>individual</i>. If you&#x27;re a slave, that means resisting and running away. If you&#x27;re a white dude in the north, that means supporting abolition. You get the idea. That&#x27;s the only way to get anything done.<p>&gt; Recognizing privilege and inequality is not &quot;rigging the system.&quot;<p>Recognizing? You&#x27;re not interested in recognizing.<p>You&#x27;re interested in <i>discriminating</i> against those <i>you</i> recognized as <i>privileged</i> to benefit those <i>you</i> recognized as <i>disadvantaged</i>. Which is bad enough, but really much worse because of the <i>you</i> part ... and the <i>you</i> part is always the <i>privileged</i>.<p>This isn&#x27;t the minorities standing up for themselves ... it&#x27;s just the privileged stacking the deck again. The only way to make sure absolute justice and fairness is to make sure the deck is <i>never</i> stacked. Ever. For any reason.