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I think while both definitely got a very short stick compared to the white settlers, the clear loser of them all was the Indians.
Slavery is horrible, and we should be ashamed as a nation of allowing it, but it's not as bad as genocide. When you're enslaved, you can still hope to be freed, sing, have a family, enjoy nature, and know you'll have a legacy (which blacks do in this country and Native Americans don't).
The Indians were basically exterminated like rodents. Could you imagine strangers from another continent telling you your way of life sucked, and you had to believe in their God, and follow their lifestyle, or die? If you DID do this, you still might die. White people embraced African American culture, and it's strong to this day, especially in music where it DOMINATES outside of rock. What do the Indians have? Place names? Casinos? Chapters in history books? That's about it. They're foreigners in their own land to people who are themselves foreigners from the other half of the world.
The only reason blacks are seen as being more oppressed is because they lived to tell about their plight. The Native Americans don't even get that privilege.
Again, why should we care? NONE of us were alive when that happened. You didn't do it. I didn't do it. I'm not going to be suckered into feeling guilt for things someone else did.
Exactly. Any issues prior to my birth are not of concern to me. If fact, every grudge should be dissolved after 20 or 30 years. Humans hang onto these issues way too long.
I think both races had it really bad. As a person of Native (Shinnecock), Caucasian, and African ancestry I hate to even try to compare. I do think however, blacks had it worse. Natives were dislocated from their land as opposed to being completely REMOVED. Natives were forced to reservations with people of the same customs, same family, etc. Many slaves were seperated from family members and relied on the slave owner for every facet of survival i.e. food, clothes, and shelter. I think injustice against ANY race is wrong and I wish we would stand together as a country.
The OP's original question is like asking: what's worse .. being drowned or being decapitated?
I think I'd rather be decapitated.
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Fine, you can steal one of mine next time around, girl.
