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

[Shake n Blake]

(09-27-2016, 09:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Who lived here before the country was founded and who lived here after it was founded?

Same people, right?

Slavery was "inherited" from the Bristish, so it's hard to fault "American's" still living under British rule for following British traditions and laws. Look at it this way...the Brits had slavery for hundreds of years. They then brought that to America, where it continued - under British rule - for roughly 150 more years. It only took America - as a sovereign nation - 80 years to abolish it. 

Maybe instead of guilt trips, we should celebrate the folks who helped finally put an end to such a dark era? Yay America?

(09-28-2016, 11:09 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: Nobody tells Jewish descendants to "get over" the holocaust.

Nobody tells modern Germans to feel guilty for the actions of previous generations.