FrigidSymphony wrote:
You still can't ignore the violence and horrible mistreatment of blacks that occurred during the period when slavery was practiced in the US. While blacks in Africa may have already been slaves to black masters, white slaveowners in the US perceived them as naturally inferior because of their skin colour, thus facilitating the actual slavery. Enslaving other white people never crossed their mind.
That was a long, long time ago...
What about the Irish? What about the Chinese?
Instead of picking at the scab of something that happened 200 years ago, why not do something about the present?
And what about the violence being committed on whites by blacks today? Not to mention the black on black violence.
Every racial group has been subjugated at one time or another; blacks do not have a monopoly on the subject.
And isn't it funny that the only thing that is ever mentioned is the bad, and not the good, i.e. trillions of $$$ spent on minority programs to "level the playing field", the abolition of slavery, the vast amounts of Western (read: white) charity sent to Africa and other places? Slavery is an excuse, just like racism, used to sweep aside any personal responsibilty.
Let's face it, looking at a black person the wrong way is considered racist in this day and age; take the video game RE5: the zombies in Africa are black, so that means it is racist? Hahaha... what about all the previous versions where the antagonists were white?
It's become akin to crying wolf one too many times... the term "racism" is almost meaningless at this point.
Percieving them as inferior had more to do with the fact that they lived in stone-age conditions, than their skin tone, I warrant.
Saying that the perception some have of blacks is based on the amount of melanin in their skin and not the behavior, is a red herring and dishonest.
That is a whole other topic, one that I am not anxious to revive.
If blacks can be proud of their race, why can't whites? Whites have contributed greatly to civilisation, and have a culture ( and I am not talking about "pop-culture", either) and heritage as well.