When Black Americans unchained themselves from the bonds of race-based slavery,

I love this. As we all know, the Civil War was fought primarily between one army of white people wearing gray and one army of black people wearing blue. The white men of the North didn’t give a shit and stayed home. But I suppose if you really believe that the quoted statement is true then there’s nothing you WON’T believe, to include other assertions in the article like it’s the fault of WhItE sUpReMaCy that referenda seeking to replace police forces with brigades of race-conscious mental health counselors don’t pass anywhere, to include the highly diverse urban areas where such things tend to get on the ballot.