Whites enslaved blacks, true, but wasn't it the whites who freed the slaves as well?

Question

If anyone is to complain about white people and slavery, shouldn't they be also thankful that white people freed them from the slavery?

If your gonna call me racist, like some inevitably will, just save it. I'm asking a question with no agenda, intentions or anything involved or attached

Just opening a discussion of opinions, so dont everyone freak out on me

I'd also like to add that the white people who enslaved the blacks were not the same people who freed the blacks...some don't seem to think this way, instead, that all whites are the same

Answer 1

I think so however it will be hard to get a Black african to admit to that.
One step further they as a race would not be as scattered over the planet if slavery had not happened,also let us remember who first enslaved them-their own people.

Answer 2

This is such a touchy subject...and I think that is some of the problem with it that it STAYS a sore subject. I think most of the time people forget some of the details like...1. Slavery was around way before America. 2. Throughout history and different cultures there were all kinds of other slaves other than "black-slaves" 3. The "black-slave" trade that was dominated by European business men was a legitimate business at the time, selling a product under demand. 4. They didn't just walk into Africa and gather them up like horses....they were bought on the most part as slaves already. Yes...if you really look into the before the boat ride over history. Tribal units took slaves of other tribes, and such. (like two fighting Indian tribes killing each other, then taking their women and children) These "slaves" were traded like product with the Europeans. When the Europeans found they could buy people, they cashed in on it. We look at this very evil today and we should I think...but it was more a class issue, and social displacement of your rank in society, slavery wasn't a "black" issue. It was an equality issue of all men and women of all races etc. Note: if you find error or emotion with what I say I apologize, but I ask that you not only seek the emotional understanding, reach for the WHOLE story and then place it in reference of the period in question.

Answer 3

In addition to freeing the slaves in America, let's not forget the slaves in other countries who were not freed, and the backs who were heavy into owning slaves and being involved in the slave trade. The blacks who are complaining now were not slaves and the whites living now were not slave owners. Blacks IMO are the ones who are now keeping themselves enslaved with the attitude that to get educated and become successful is trying to act white while forgetting that whites also have their uneducated failures. Look at the reaction to Bill Cosby speaking his mind.

Answer 4

What I would like to know is who, exactly, you've been talking to that still complains so vehemently about slavery. We acknowledge it; we recognize the racism issues it caused; for many of us, it's the earliest part of our heritage we have record of; but it ended over a hundred years ago. I'm not a slave; my mom's not a slave; my grandma's not a slave. I have yet to meet someone who uses it as an excuse for their "laziness." And even if that was the case, is that to say that white people use the immigration crisis as an excuse for THEIR laziness ("They're taking our jobs!")? The fact of the matter is, regardless of whatever slavery occured one, two, or three thousand years ago, THIS slavery (to which we are directly linked) and its racist ideals have only been completely remedied (legally speaking) within the past forty years, and even now, racism has a nasty habit of rearing its ugly head right when we think we're getting somewhere. Slavery is often mentioned, because that's where the whole thing started. In THIS country (for African Americans), under THIS government, in THESE United States. I'm astonished at the idea of a hard-working white guy like yourself not being able to come to this conclusion on his own, but alas; nowadays, it's the trend to blame your ignorance on crappy school systems and "broken" homes. But for someone who's so tired of hearing about slavery, you sure do talk about it a whole lot.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Granted we were freed but to dis verry day we may as well be slaves because dar eare thing dat we can not do and oppertunities dat we do not get and we are expecited to go da extra mile jus because of who we are we can't jus go to a job interveiw and talk da way I type why is dat because we are expected to conform to da ways of white America and so are we really free or are we free as long as we do as we should not as we want?

Answer 7

Your title is fairly pompous. I'm a Ph.D. Chemist, but I don't feel so inclined to tell the world about it.

Now about your question. Let me ask you one: should the person wrongly incarcerated - and subsequently released - thank the state when they release him? I don't think so.

White people, by and large, opposed freedom for blacks. So why should black people thank the race that enslaved them and then reluctantly *gave* them their freedom?

Until you walk a mile in the shoes of a slave, don't be so pompous and come on here thinking you know better.

Answer 8

I agree. Whites freed slaves. I am thankful for many things and one of those things is that slaves were freed in America before I was born. I am a successful black female professional.
I worked hard to gain my current position and I do not apolgize for taking advantage of the affirmative action programs that assisted me in this journey. I am however baffled by this dialogue. Why in 2006 with the cultural diversity that exists in America must we continue to debate the slavery issue? Many of the programs that were designed to benefit former slaves were exploited by lawyers and much of the money set aside to fund programs for former slaves were used for people whom were identified as minorities in the same documents that indicated this money was to be used for former slaves. In reality many former slaves, because they lived in rural areas, were mostly illiterate or were intimidated by their land owners/employers had no idea that these programs existed nor how to take advantage of them. What we see today is definately some laziness and some entitlement mentality. People on these catagories frustrate me as much as it does the next person but open your mind enough or know your history enough to recognize that what we also see is the result of a system based on institutional racisism. Many blacks were illiterate and were more concerned with putting food on the table in the here and now as opposed to having the luxury of time to seek out information that they could take advantage of or pass that knowledge and information on to their children. Foreigners on student visas were and are granted affirmative action money, white women were and are granted affirmative action money, businesses operated by men but put in their wives or mother's names were and still are getting set asides. Illegal immagrants apply for and are still getting affirmative action money. People like yourself help perpetuate a culture of a white and black America that no longer exists. Times have changed. America has changed. Please step into 2006 and deal with the issues that impact America most today. The people you are referring to are by and large going to be with us in America for as long as there is an America. How do you feel my friend about the birth rate of Latino's in today's America? If you think the black issues in America are too much to bear you are in for a rude awakening.
What are you doing to help the situation? I volunteer my time teaching inner city adults to become literate. My children and I volunteer in the foodshare program. I see people here illegally every day that are living the American dream and they are not even Americans but you want to perpetuate this debate. Why?

Answer 9

This is a good question and, I feel, an honest one.

What you suggest is akin to the Stockholm Syndrome and is, therefore, indefensible.

One is not usually grateful to a captor for giving back what was stolen in the first place.

Answer 10

"That_guy" made a point. I agree with him 100%. Put yourself in a slave's position. But then again, it was up to Martin Luther King, a black man, to stop racism completley....well some of it.