I Would Like to Talk (Civilly) About the Generalization of "White People"

[Millhouse]

(09-26-2016, 04:27 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Like it or not, if there was influx in money because of slavery, one of which is still felt today, everyone citizen benefits from it.  America is what it is, and it got there how it got there, that is an life's worth of conversation.  But in these time, today, we ALL reap some of the benefits.  There's a reason that even our most poor are sometimes obese, and many enjoy things like cars, cell phones, laptops, cable, high def TV's.  Our nation's poor live a lifestyle that many would literally kill for.  And some don't even lift a finger to earn it.  The monetary benefits, on some level, are shared by every single person in this country.  The roads, the libraries, the parks, countless resources, etc.

There is an American privilege that is all too often ignored.  You can be black and still benefit from these events.  And they do.  We all do.

People like to say that slavery was America's great sin of the past. Yes it was a sin. But it was an imported sin from the Europeans. Those bastards were the ones that originated all of it from the get go. Spain, England, France, Dutch, and others all originated the slave trade to the Americas from the 1500's to 1700s. And it was the European racist mentality that got ingrained into the American landscape for generations to come as we are still feeling the after effects from centuries ago. So thank the Europeans for all this racist bull**** we see today, cause they were the ones that started it all.

So that said, imagine if the Euros werent racist at the extreme levels, and if Africans werent brought over here against their will. Would the Africans have built up their nations better than what we have seen? Maybe, but hard to say. Certainly not all of African countries would be a first world country, as I dont think even one exists on that continent. So basically I agree with you, that black citizens over here definitely benefit from their ancestors misfortunes at the hands of Europeans, otherwise they could very well be living in Africa, for better or for probably worse.