If I asked you what people were enslaved in America for three hundred years, would you respond by saying, "people?" If you responded by saying, "people," I would ask you to be more specific.
I see nothing wrong with making distinctions. However, I think it becomes a problem when we believe that a race is superior or inferior because of those distinctions (i.e., skin color, hair texture, etc.) Although we are categorized into different races, at the end of the day, we are of the same species because we can reproduce with one another.
Blacks were enslaved in this country for over 300 years. Can you refute that? Slavery in America was based on race. Furthermore, if I asked you, "What group of people died because they weren't immune to European diseases?" Native Americans. And, if I asked you, "What group of people were slaughtered during the holocaust? Jews.
There is nothing wrong with being specific; it doesn't make you a racist.
2007-03-16
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