yes, it totally sucks that the ancestors of us african-americans were slaves. but, everytime i hear people going on about how "for all you know, my ancestor could have been a king over in africa" it gets on my nerves. because no, our ancestors could NOT have been kings. most likely they were slaves in africa too. when america took slaves from africa, they didn't kidnap them. they BOUGHT them from people who had already taken them as slaves. so, our ancestors were slaves over there too. this isn't to say that we shouldn't be proud of our african heritage--we should be. but i think we should stop going on and on about it. yes it sucked. big time. but we're free. our ancestors fought VERY hard for our freedom in this country and THAT'S what we should be proud of.
I know I'm giong to get a lot of flack for this question, but i'm honestly curious as to what other african-americans think
(I'm african-american, by the way)
2007-05-24
15:32:44
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