No, whites weren't denied because of skin color, but of times you speak of, MANY people were discriminated just for their social class. Even if Barack Obama was say, white in that time era, but he and millions of others couldn't just become ruler of a country because they were born into nobility. They were treated less of a person as any noble or Clergyman. Would you want to be called a peasant constantly by people of higher stature? I think not. Saying that, no one is denying that racism and slavery occurred for the longest time, especially racism, and yeah, people of African and Native American heritage included were treated far more terrible than that, no one is denying that fact though. It's pretty ignorant how you say BET is alright, but if there was a White Entertainment Network, you'd be flipping out. Fact. And the fact that you don't even give a shit that Al Sharpton is a racist fuck just shows your ignorance at it's highest. If a white man were to say that, he'd probably be on every single news channel, from local news to Cnn, for how often this guy speaks crap out of his mouth. No one is saying that racism doesn't occur today, but it's much more softened compared to 40 years ago, let alone 200+ years ago. How saying fat black woman is racist beyond me.. and for me, I'd say fat black woman myself. Fucking damn people these days.