But you're rewriting history. They still burned black people inside their homes. They lynched. They segregated. They did all the horrific things. But you want to draw the line and say that they were better because they gave them citizenship? How'd that citizenship work out when trying to get a job?There were plenty of sharecroppers stuck on farms for money they couldn't spend anywhere else. But hey! At least they could vote! America is a racist country through and through. Stop acting like it's not, y'all.
If you want to ignore the blatant racism of the America since it's founding, you can. But don't act like America has gotten better. It still hates the minority, I.e. not whites.