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hmm, your question is a bt confusing. You ask if African Americans should complain about slavery and then you saythey would have lived with bad standards if they werent slaved. What are we supposed to say, were very happy we were slaved? I think not. If you mean why people complain about unequal rights, well it's simply because people are still racist now and then. See if a white person robs your house, you say ohh that person is fucked up and a low life. If a black man robs your home people quickly generalize and say, well he was black that's why. All we want is for society to not label us and see us for the people we are on a personal basis, instead of judging us based on skin color. Is that too much to ask?
I'm not asking all black people to thank us for enslaving them, all I'm trying to point out is that as terrible as it was, the optimists side is that black people in America have a better life than those in Africa (I know, I've been to both).
As for people saying that crime is because they are black is wrong, but I do believe that statistically African Americans have a higher crime rate than white people, so in some ways a sterotypical attitude is likely to occur. Though, I can also see the point that many African Americans are forced into crime due to discrimination etc...but the world is much less racist than it has ever been, in someways in job applications etc...it is becoming racist towards white people, i.e. with affirmative action etc...
I think the only real way to stop this is by as you said judging people on their own merits in all aspects of life, and I think that no group of people should be sterotyped by the past i.e. when a black person breaks into a house, recognise that this individual is a fucking asshole and should be put in jail, not because of his colour, but because thats what the hell he is! and on the other side that white people should not all be thought of as black haters based on the fact that our ancestors carried out terrible crimes.
Mike, lick my balls, and learn how to spell 'complain', and how to string a fucking sentance together.
usmc, I didn't just say 'get over it'...and not by my logic do I suggest that, all the things you listed e.g. mass murderers, Hitlers all have specific perpetrators, do you still hold it against all Germans the atrocities that were carried out in World War II? No, then why the fuck should white people be held accountable for the actions of other white people? I am not saying get over it...just stop bitching about it to me as if I had something to do with it! Jesus, don't give a different opinion on this site or your automatically a asshole in usmc's eyes. Twat.
Oh yeah, and its 'an asshole', and I apologise, for calling you a twat as I did assume you were attacking me. So sorry about that.
Though as for me being an asshole, it isn't true, you just think that because I make one mistake! I'm sure you have made many in your life. And calling me "a asshole" was one. Twat.
yeah well, this all sounds good in philosophy but people choose to be arrogant. It's realy a problem in America in general. Stereotyping is probably the publics #1 passtime! If the germans were responsible for the 9/11 attacks do you think they would have got ther same backlash and discrimination as the Arabs? Maybe a little bit but I think ultimatly things would go back to normal fast because their white. I'm not saying this is only a problem in America but we claim to be smart people and openminded so we have less of an excusse to act irrational and generalize. I realy dont understand why ethnicity and race plays such a huge role in America. The only thing I can think of is that it's because of eurocentrism. They still ask you for your race when you fill out forms and applications. Some say it's because of targetet marketing, estimating income, special treatments, etc...do we realy need to know everybodies race? Specialy now when we see alot of people who come from a mixed background. Anyway, obviously there is still an emohasize on race and ethnicity and unfortumatly it turns out to be a negative thing for the most part.
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Oh yeah the anonymous posting above was mine!
Jews came here with nothing,So did Japanese.They just worked their way to the top instead of complaining.If you don't like it here,go whereever you wanna go,No one will stop you.
Is the white man still buggin' the black man?
You know, after all that conquering and enslaving, you'd think crackers would have a sense of why they are hated.
Amurphy says we should be thankful we were made "civilised", have you ever read a dictionary bitch!? It sure isn't what the violent white man follows, it has nothing to do with living in houses, or having last names!
White people, they always think they are the standard of living, always think they are the majority and superior race!
Ever hear an old white man complain about the country going to the immigrants? That's a bigot remark, failing to remember this wasn't white man land first!
Fuck white forgetful bigots!
Slavery was disgusting whether it brought about the better lifestyle of blacks or not (that was just a positive side effect of a negative cause.) However, I don't believe blacks of today should be demanding special rights because of something that happened to their ancestors. Likewise, they shouldn't be generalized and have any rights of citizens taken away from them either.
by Wark on Fri Dec 12, 03 12:00pm
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"They" wouldn't be, "living in Africa," dummy. What, do you think there's some collection of "black souls" in heaven or something that is parceled out throughout the world, and if there were no African-Americans, they'd all have to be sent to new humans in Africa instead of here? Your question is ridiculous.
ho de do, ho de do....I'm running for da elibator!
NO, they should be thankful that they are here and not in Africa. Africa has more wrong with it than any other place on Earth?
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