First: I am not a racist at all. I feel each race has good and bad people. I say that cause I know others will say that this is a racially motivated question.
I saw a show on television one night about black culture, slavery, discrimination and the civil rights movement. There were a couple of men on there that were some type of supposed expert and they were saying that white people as a race owe money to the black race because of slavery and discrimination. I was shocked to here this. Why would we owe any other race money for what was done in past generations? Slavery happened in the 1800’s and earlier. No one living nowadays was ever a slave or owned a slave during those times. I realize that there are a lot of people living today who have been discriminated against, but it is not just blacks. I will admit that upon tracing my family tree, I discovered that my great-great grandfather owned a plantation and also owned slaves, but I didn’t. Why do I owe anyone money for something I had nothing to do with? Why does anyone living nowadays? These men on TV said that whites should be taxed and the money given to black people. This just sounds insane to me. Anyone else, black , white, Asian, middle eastern, whatever, care to comment?
2006-08-15
15:55:21
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LittleMermaid
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