The issue focused attention on Sanders's refusal to apologize or retract comments made earlier this week during an appearance at an NAACP forum that implied African Americans aren't owed justice because they suffered slavery and segregation in the past. Sanders insisted during his remarks at the NAACP forum that slavery wasn't unique to African Americans but instead reflected broader societal realities that oppressed blacks throughout history. He argued that slavery wasn't necessarily unique to blacks because slavery affected whites too. "Let me tell you something," Sanders said during his remarks at the NAACP forum