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slavery really wasn't that bad..and the fact that slavery still exists in Africa points to the backwardness of those of African descent anyways....is that the general idea?
According to the left. Native Americans and blacks are without sin. Slavery is a universal concept throughout human civilization. The left blames white for slavery as they should. But many in white liberal social justice academia and black academics forget that Africans stole and sold other Africans to the Europeans for goods and services. Some also forget that European slaves also existed in the colonies as well before it was replaced by indentured servitude, than back to pure slavery up until 1865. Also Native Americans owned black slaves, and even European slaves too. We also must not forget that slavery is a class in the economic systems. Either way slavery is still a moral wrong, but slavery and its history in America is a very touchy and toxic subject to talk about. Its really a topic to avoid and stay away from unless one is emotional or feels oppressed.
When we founded our nation on that pesky "all men are created equal" thing, we created an obligation to address those times when we, as a nation, have lived contrary to that principle. The history of other nations, while they may be contrary to this principle, should not impact our moral imperative to uphold it. That otherwise good people were ever a part of this practice is irrelevant. That there were nefarious people everywhere upholding this practice throughout history is irrelevant. That entire nations were built on the system of slave labor is irrelevant. That indentured servitude and feudal states existed is irrelevant. The only relevant thing is that we, as a nation, woke up to the fact that slavery is/was/ever shall be wrong. Blaming history will not change the fact that slavery was a barbaric, backward, horror of a chapter in our nation. It was wrong, no matter who was involved or when. '
The desire to keep people ignorant of history is also a form of slavery. When it is assumed that black people are too stupid to understand the historical context of racism, that too is racism.
slavery really wasn't that bad..and the fact that slavery still exists in Africa points to the backwardness of those of African descent anyways....is that the general idea?
No, that wasn't the general theme of the article. Re-read it and set your preconceived notions aside. If it still doesn't make sense, perhaps there is a reading comprehension problem.
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