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Lynching

Main article: Lynching in the United States

The ideology behind lynching was stated forthrightly by Benjamin Tillman, governor of South Carolina and later a United States Senator:

We of the South have never recognized the right of the negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be the equal of the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust on our wives and daughters without lynching him.

• The presupposing of lust on the part of Negroes.

Race

Even though race is highly subjective, racism and discrimination based on what people believe about race are very real. The racial categories to which we are assigned, based on how we look to others or how we identify, can determine real-life experiences, inspire hate, drive political outcomes, and make the difference between life and death. But it's still important to remember that these consequences are a result of human-created racial categories that are based on shaky reasoning and shady motivations. This makes the borders of the various groups impossible to pin down — as the " black and white" twins demonstrate — and renders modern debates about how particular people should identify futile. News story . Buster Seven Talk 13:11, 28 April 2015 (UTC)