At the risk of this being quickly locked, I wanted to post this. I get so confused about people still belaboring this issue when it's done, buried ancient history. I had posted it in another thread and then realized I didn't want that thread derailed because of me, so here goes:
Some people get so caught up in the whole US slavery issue that they can't see anything else. We were one of the first, if not the first, Western country to completely do away with slavery. I love listening to Thomas Sowell speak on the subject, as he reminds everyone that every single civilization has had slavery and almost everyone in the world had an ancestor that was at one time a slave. Also try to be mindful of the fact that African tribes warred with each other constantly. The winners took the surviving losers as slaves. They'd done that since the beginning of time. When the Dutch slavers came along, those African kings found they could sell those slaves and did so with no moral issues whatsoever. That's how we got African slaves in America. They were sold into slavery by other blacks. While it doesn't excuse the fact that the founders of our country kept slaves, it's important to note three things. First, it was a very small minority who kept slaves (under 10% if I'm remembering correctly). Also, there were plenty of black slave owners, as well as white slave owners. Finally, our founders realized the evils of slavery and put into effect a process to free those slaves. We went through a lot in order to do so, from the civil war all the way through the civil rights act. Until Obummer became the lame dick president he was, we had all realized we had come pretty far. Then that "Great Uniter" did everything he could to tear us apart.
Again, I'm not excusing the evils of slavery, nor the heinous acts of racism that were at times rampant in this country. What I am saying is that we freed the slaves over 100 years ago and we gave full rights to black citizens over, what, 50 years ago? Yes, there are still issues which need to be sorted out. Continuing to act like there are racist acts everywhere is just playing the victim. There are so few overt racist acts that we now have people (ala Jussie Smullet) who make
up because they can't even find examples. I'm not saying there aren't racists, there are. They are in every race. I see more examples by people of color than I do any other race. If you are believing the lies of the Left, I feel sorry for you but you are a willing tool used to cause conflict in our country. Yes, blacks can be racist. To deny that is to deny reality. No, you don't get a clear conscious to be racist pieces of just because an ancestor 100 years ago endured slavery. That's a ridiculous thought. YOU were never a slave. NO white person alive ever owned slaves. If you can't understand that and move on, our country will never heal.
Some people get so caught up in the whole US slavery issue that they can't see anything else. We were one of the first, if not the first, Western country to completely do away with slavery. I love listening to Thomas Sowell speak on the subject, as he reminds everyone that every single civilization has had slavery and almost everyone in the world had an ancestor that was at one time a slave. Also try to be mindful of the fact that African tribes warred with each other constantly. The winners took the surviving losers as slaves. They'd done that since the beginning of time. When the Dutch slavers came along, those African kings found they could sell those slaves and did so with no moral issues whatsoever. That's how we got African slaves in America. They were sold into slavery by other blacks. While it doesn't excuse the fact that the founders of our country kept slaves, it's important to note three things. First, it was a very small minority who kept slaves (under 10% if I'm remembering correctly). Also, there were plenty of black slave owners, as well as white slave owners. Finally, our founders realized the evils of slavery and put into effect a process to free those slaves. We went through a lot in order to do so, from the civil war all the way through the civil rights act. Until Obummer became the lame dick president he was, we had all realized we had come pretty far. Then that "Great Uniter" did everything he could to tear us apart.
Again, I'm not excusing the evils of slavery, nor the heinous acts of racism that were at times rampant in this country. What I am saying is that we freed the slaves over 100 years ago and we gave full rights to black citizens over, what, 50 years ago? Yes, there are still issues which need to be sorted out. Continuing to act like there are racist acts everywhere is just playing the victim. There are so few overt racist acts that we now have people (ala Jussie Smullet) who make
up because they can't even find examples. I'm not saying there aren't racists, there are. They are in every race. I see more examples by people of color than I do any other race. If you are believing the lies of the Left, I feel sorry for you but you are a willing tool used to cause conflict in our country. Yes, blacks can be racist. To deny that is to deny reality. No, you don't get a clear conscious to be racist pieces of just because an ancestor 100 years ago endured slavery. That's a ridiculous thought. YOU were never a slave. NO white person alive ever owned slaves. If you can't understand that and move on, our country will never heal.
