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Is American slavery the most important historical period for Blacks?
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:46 pm
As awful, evil and atrocious as slavery is, could it be possible that the enslavement of the ancestors of today’s black American is the greatest gift they have ever received? Without the cruel and punishing lives prior generations of blacks endured, today’s American blacks would not exist.
In my opinion, today’s America is a gift bestowed upon black Americans by those once enslaved. Without this hateful period in history the black race as a whole would still be fighting for relevance on the most backward continent on earth.
The period of US Government backed slavery is the darkest time this country has ever endured. I pray that the ancestors of those impacted recognize the value of the gift of their ancestors.
In my opinion, today’s America is a gift bestowed upon black Americans by those once enslaved. Without this hateful period in history the black race as a whole would still be fighting for relevance on the most backward continent on earth.
The period of US Government backed slavery is the darkest time this country has ever endured. I pray that the ancestors of those impacted recognize the value of the gift of their ancestors.
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Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:51 pm to CDawson
'Thank God for slavery.' ... Sammy Davis, Jr. after a visit to Africa.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:51 pm to CDawson
Gift?
I don't think anyone would call it that.
You can't deny the paradox though.
Not a single one of their descendants would go back to the ancestral homeland.
As Muhammed Ali said up his return from Africa, "I'm glad my great great great grandad got on the boat".
I don't think anyone would call it that.
You can't deny the paradox though.
Not a single one of their descendants would go back to the ancestral homeland.
As Muhammed Ali said up his return from Africa, "I'm glad my great great great grandad got on the boat".
This post was edited on 6/22/19 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:53 pm to CDawson
Absolutely not! It’s the most significant period in American history for Dims.....
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:54 pm to CDawson
It’s only important for those that want to profit from it
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:54 pm to CDawson
Go ask the African Kangs who started African slavery.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:54 pm to TrueTiger
Gift may not be the word but what other word describes it better? Slavery has given many of today’s black American an opportunity few other black people in the world will ever get to experience.
Yet, if you listen to the dialogue, you would think that Blacks are more oppressed today than in the 1800s. It’s shameful.
Yet, if you listen to the dialogue, you would think that Blacks are more oppressed today than in the 1800s. It’s shameful.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:55 pm to CDawson
they were slaves against their will for a long time before being freed.
then they lined up and agreed to be willing slaves to the very democrat party that fought a war to keep them in slavery
they continue to vote timre and time again for those who want to keep them in chains of poverty as slaves to that monthly government check
and they claim the ones who they should fight against are the republicans who sacrificed their lives to go to war in order to free them
then they lined up and agreed to be willing slaves to the very democrat party that fought a war to keep them in slavery
they continue to vote timre and time again for those who want to keep them in chains of poverty as slaves to that monthly government check
and they claim the ones who they should fight against are the republicans who sacrificed their lives to go to war in order to free them
This post was edited on 6/22/19 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:55 pm to CDawson
I think this is a pretty morally terrible argument. Imagine if in 80 years someone said that the Holocaust was the best thing that ever happened to the Jews because they got Israel as payment. Anyone who lived through the Holocaust or knew someone who lived through the Holocaust would be outraged, but there would be almost no one left who was still alive. It has been good for their distant descendants in some way, but it doesn’t remotely excuse slavery. The modern world could be better if it hadn’t happened.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:56 pm to keakar
Many are still slaves to today’s Democratic plantation.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:57 pm to CDawson
If your wife were repeatedly raped and those kids were sold off and there was nothing you could do about it would you call it a gift?
What about your daughter getting raped and scourged? Still a gift?
What about your daughter getting raped and scourged? Still a gift?
Posted on 6/22/19 at 2:57 pm to CDawson
slavery was probably worse under other blacks.
enough with the "evil white man".
last one's to have slaves, only ones to abolish it and fight it.
only race that doesn't have slavery today.
frick crybaby minorities.
enough with the "evil white man".
last one's to have slaves, only ones to abolish it and fight it.
only race that doesn't have slavery today.
frick crybaby minorities.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:01 pm to RightHook
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slavery was probably worse under other blacks.
enough with the "evil white man".
Wow, what a statement here. The white man wasn’t evil for enslaving people? I’m not saying every white man, but the ones that directly partook in slavery were absolutely evil. Some slave masters were nicer than others, but they would beat the dog shite out of them for stepping out of line, and sell of their kids and wives on a whim if it benefited them. Yes, it was absolutely evil, and shame on you for trying minimize it for saying some African warlord may have been slightly worse.
This post was edited on 6/22/19 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:06 pm to CDawson
Now ask this question.
Is the holocaust the most important historical period for jews?
Would they have gotten Israel without it? And furthermore, was the holocaust too high of a price to pay for it?
Is the holocaust the most important historical period for jews?
Would they have gotten Israel without it? And furthermore, was the holocaust too high of a price to pay for it?
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:07 pm to OMLandshark
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It has been good for their distant descendants in some way, but it doesn’t remotely excuse slavery.
Who is excusing it? I’m surely not. Looks to me like you agree that it has been good for today’s black American.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:09 pm to CDawson
It's the most important issue for democratic politicians to keep them on the plantation. That shite is FIRE!
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:11 pm to CDawson
When they collectively preserved the liberty of a wrongfully persecuted OJ Simpson.
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Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:11 pm to mahdragonz
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If your wife were repeatedly raped and those kids were sold off and there was nothing you could do about it would you call it a gift?
I’m not calling slavery a gift, retard. I’m theorizing that the opportunity some now have today due to that awful period in time is a beneficial by-product.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:12 pm to CDawson
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Who is excusing it?
RightHook.
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Looks to me like you agree that it has been good for today’s black American.
It’s all relative, since no one who currently exists would be alive. You can (and people have) use this excuse with the Mongols. But you weren’t there for the mass human suffering, and your ancestors might get pretty pissed off if their distant descendants deemed the Mongols raping and pillaging the world as worth it because of better modern age trade routes. Who can say the direction the world would have taken if it wasn’t for monstrous actions by monstrous people? We are certainly on a darker timeline thanks to World War I.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 3:12 pm to OMLandshark
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but it doesn’t remotely excuse slavery.
Slavery had existed for thousands of years in probably every culture, it was a viable, often necessary and accepted economic system. Slavery doesn't need an excuse by 21st century Americans who had nothing to do with it. But you might want to start a conversation with the cultures that still practice the institution.
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