02-12-2016, 08:36 AM
(02-12-2016, 08:10 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: They want reparations from their own country that allowed their ancestors to be treated like property for generations. How are they going to get reparations from nations form well after the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
That also implies an equal partnership between African tribes/kingdoms and Europeans and downplays Europe's role in establishing this industry. Equating the existence of slavery in Africa to the industry it became with Europeans is like comparing subsistence farming to corporate farming and suggesting that these smaller farmers who were forced into selling out or working for the corporate farms are equal partners in trade.
You are reaching here.
Blacks don't want reparations from the US, they want it from the White US. If blacks were the majority leaders in the US, they wouldn't want reparations.
So are you denying that the slaves were not bought and paid for? You really think that white men were hanging around with nets, ready to grab unsuspecting blacks? Europeans had slaves, the slaves they had were white, I don't think anyone denies that slavery has been a part of European history.
However, slavery wasn't invented by whites. The pyramids in Egypt weren't created by volunteers, nor where they paid workers either. Slavery is a part of every races history. Your analogy doesn't fit, since it implies that the African tribes and kingdoms were forced into providing slaves, and that they weren't just looking for a way to sell their own people to make a quick fortune.
