Whenever you have to explain someone's statement on racial or gender issues, you've already lost that particular battle. It really doesn't matter what life was really like under slavery. Nobody wants to debate that one, well...almost nobody.
I'm reminded of a spoof tape that was going around in the 1960s from Vietnam. It was an interview by a fake reporter asking an F-4 pilot about his experiences. After each of the pilot's answers, a fake public affairs officer would explain in PC terms. It was called "What the Captain Means" and can be found on the internet. It's funny as hell.
Bundy might need a "public affairs specialist" to help him along, lol.
From a reading of some of the posts here, I sense I should be taking this all more seriously, but I just can't...