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Originally Posted by Krasch
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?
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What about all the other stuff they fought for in the civil rights movement? This stuff isn't as old as you think it is. It's not just about slavery, it's about everything that came with being black in racist america. Sure there were people who refused to own slaves back in the day, but it didn't mean it didn't exist. Same now...there are racists that still lead this country. Take that little "innocent" joke the Republican Party made about Obama....if he moves in, is it still called the "white house"...
Again, this isn't about using your color as a crutch, it's about the injustices made by the world on the black man and how it affected them generation through generation.
If you are white, you will never understand it. If you are an outsider like me, you STILL won't understand it, but it might be easier. Don't judge them until you have lived in their shoes, in their color. Hatred is pased on from generation through generation and it hasn't been that long since blacks were still inferior legally.