I overheard someone on TV mentioning how "we" had to suffer through salvery and are entitled to this and that.
I don't get it. Yes slavery was a bad thing....150 years ago. It has absolutely nothing to do with this guy, nor anybody else alive on this planet TODAY. Those times are over, slavery has not been around for generations now...but yet many people feel they are OWED something because of it. Read a history book and see how many Greek/Roman battles occured in history. Many times entire societies were not only occupied, but literally owned. Do you see this cultures bellyaching about what is due to them today? NO. When it was over, they got off their a.s.ses, made a life for themselves and moved on. They didn't expect handouts, equal opportunity, or other gimmicks to ENTICE them to do something. Having a quality life was incentive enough. If only that could be the case today, in America. If you don't like what you have already handed to you, buy a boat ticket home
2006-08-07 08:11:11 · 7 answers · asked by taterhog mung-flower 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
"because the ramifications of slavery have never been addressed fully"
What ramifications of slavery are there TODAY? None, blacks get a hand up over whites (and others) on NUMEROUS things from college scholarships to employment...based on ethnicity only. Not merit. Not GPA. Not initiative. Not work ethic. Skin color only. That is how portions of equal opportunity really work.
"and subsequently savage inequalities between African Americans and others still continue."
There is always going to be that. Reverse the playing field and tell me the chances of survival of a white guy in the heart of Compton at 2am. That door swings both ways and will not be solved by the black people given the key to anything they way just because they are black. There will always be opression of someone because they are different from someone else. Thats a given. Just get up, get a job, make an effort, and solve it that way...on your own, without every handout available, and then some.
2006-08-07 08:34:40 · update #1
I see it the same way you do!!!! I get tried of hearing the crap too!! Enough is Enough!!!! You make a good point about the boat ticket home!!! lol
2006-08-07 08:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by SUN FLOWER 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You are not an African American! the reason why this is still important because the ramifications of slavery have never been addressed fully and subsequently savage inequalities between African Americans and others still continue.
2006-08-07 08:21:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey. The NAACP sees a way to get special treatment so they take it. If they can make some people feel guilty, then can extort more money from them. It's only good business. Just ask Jesse Jackson. He hasn't done anything worthwhile for 40 years but he gets his name in the papers and people know who he is because he is so good at making people feel guilty
2006-08-07 08:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen to that. Some people like to retreat to earlier time periods as an outlet for anger of the past.
2006-08-07 08:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank God for people like you.I'm so tired of dealing with this "issue".
All that is water under the bridge but I guess some people rather point fingers and create problems.
2006-08-07 09:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by Lycrester 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said.
2006-08-07 08:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please go out into the midst of your race and preach this.
2006-08-07 09:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by Enough 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋