150 Years Later, Why Is America Still Haunted By the Legacy of Slavery? (France, army)

[violent by design]

Simple answer is because once slavery was lifted, it is not like everything was sunshine and rainbows like in a fairy tale.

The year after slavery was abolished, nothing changed except white people couldn't sell black people anymore. All of the imbalances still existed, and existed for a very very long time.

It's taken a lot of time to lift off HEAVY discrimination from blacks in America. I mean there were parts in the country where blacks couldn't even **** in the same area as whites, and this was not a long time ago. My father who is about 60 years old was alive during those times, so plenty of people still hold on to those memories.

I would say during the 70s is when blacks weren't insanely/brutally oppressed. We're now in a phase where blacks have to catch up financially since so little had wealth from the days of oppression.

There is of course a lot of racial tension that has spawned from poverty in itself. The whole thug culture, and counter culture to that, usually topped off with police brutality to rile everyone up.

[tickyul]

A convenient excuse for not fitting in, that is the whole story.

I am short, fat and ugly..........where do I get my grievances catered to?????

[Sprite97]

Originally Posted by jerseygal4u

I don't think America is haunted by slavery.
Its the aftermath that still haunts America,esp Jim Crow laws. I'm sure black Americans would be on almost equal income levels with whites had they been allowed to participate economically and socially in 1865.

This. Thank you!

[Sprite97]

Originally Posted by aquietpath

I don't think it is slavery so much as the mindset that somehow a group of people was less than other humans. In a lot of ways, this thinking is still prevalent today but not expressed due to political correctness. I can't speak for African Americans since I am white, but I see LOTS of instances where racism is still alive and well.

Well said.

[Q-tip motha]

Racism stifles social mobility for black Americans. Still does in certain places/situations today.

Slavery ended. Racism didn't. Anyone who's older than 50 in the US has been alive at a time when black people were effectively second class citizens or worse in our country. Social mobility can take generations under average conditions, but the racism that existed in 1964 simply didn't vanish overnight either.

[MelismaticEchoes]

An excellent in depth read on the topic and matter at hand:

Black in Latin America | Kontak

[Maryland_Rebels]

We wouldn't be haunted by slavery If our Middle School text books taught use the true about the war and the South!

[Escort Rider]

Originally Posted by Maryland_Rebels

We wouldn't be haunted by slavery If our Middle School text books taught use the true (sic) about the war and the South!

So, according to you, what is the truth about the war and the South?

[totsuka]

The Liberal media, especially NPR/PBS, are just consumed with it. But most Americans, not much concern.

[stan4]

150 Years Later, Why Is America Still Haunted By the Legacy of Slavery?

I don't know. We don't go marching around Germany yelling at them for the Holocaust or 2 world wars anymore. And those were much more recent.