Carl in Michigan
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Sucks to be you. Try Africa. Maybe you'll be happy thereYes, we can indeed share the same facts.
The Homestead Acts gave away 246 million acres of land. To qualify for Homestead land, a person had to be a citizen of the United States, and blacks were not given citizenship until 1866. Research shows that 99.73 percent of that land went to whites, including white immigrants.1.5 million white families were given free land, the equivalent of a minimum of $500,000 per family. Today, 93 million whites still benefit from the Homestead Act, this is about forty percent of the current white population in America.
Citation: Shawn D Rochester, The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America, pp, 49