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Originally Posted by Juan.İamaney
Oh yeah, I know some people use it as a crutch, and to those people I say, STFU and get back to work. What those mexicans did to you was wrong. You don't have to justify their actions. You are a big man for forgiving...some people just have a harder time letting go. These guys beat you up a few times...at least they didn't own you.
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I agree that what happened in history IS a big deal, but it IS history.
You say "at least they didn't own you", and you're right. But none of the blacks and other races using historical wrongs as an excuse were owned either. Their ancestors might have been, but that's a totally different story.
The unwillingness to let go of the past only makes things worse. I may be white, but I've never owned slaves, nor would I. And I'm getting damn tired of hearing that everything is the evil white man's fault. Even some whites are born to lesser advantage than others, but they have to haul themselves by their own bootstraps. Why aren't others held to the same standard?