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

[GMDino]

(09-28-2016, 09:44 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 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?


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

So your take is that the newly minted Americans hated British rule but loved all that British stuff like having slaves.

Then I would propose it was the people (Americans) that bear the fault not the British government forcing them to have slaves.

Also, yes...Germany is still made to feel guilty about the holocaust.