I had an interesting converstion with relatives when I went to Virginia. I knew they were conservative, but didn't know how conservative they were, believing that slavery throughout history was the same (and supported by the Bible), that the poor are poor as a result of a combination of lack of personal effort and historical karma, and that whites loom over blacks because of the same historical karma. This last part I gathered from a conversation we were having while staying at a time-share that was built on a historical virginia plantation. My relatives believed that the people that owned the plantation historically must have done something right to get that plantation. Blacks who were enslaved must have done something wrong. Our contemporary problems stem from a lack of personal morality, and a lack of racial morality.
Hm.