popcornreel, 
Look at the Homestead Act 1862—it gave white people lots of land and economic power.
Look: white enslavers of Black people in the US were paid COMPENSATION after enslavement nominally ended in the US
Look at the GI Bill—gave white military men $/jobs
In other words…LOOK.
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