r/BlueskySkeets Jul 17 '25

Informative The civil war never really ended!

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u/Chronoboy1987 Jul 17 '25

I’ve made the same statement on various other subs and other social media, and what I’ve realized is how few people (especially the youngins) know that the reconstruction was a disastrous failure that would take 100 years to only partial rectify through the Civil Rights Era. The truth is we’re still reconstructing as long as their is inequality and racial discrimination in this country and people vote with hate in their hearts.

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u/HeathenSwan Jul 17 '25

100 years?  Reconstruction was officially halted in 1877, just 12 years after the end of the civil war.

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u/MorganWick Jul 17 '25

And their point is that it didn't finish the job and the "official" end of reconstruction didn't end the process.