Slavery whats the big deal?

Question

Why do black people still complain about slavery as if they were part of it? If you weren’t part of it shouldn’t you shut up about?

Answer 1

They blame slavery for any negative social aspects because they feel as though their families were held back from greater achievement, and it directly affects their place in society now.

They ignore what their social status would be in Africa, if their ancestors had never been sold.
(obviously far worse)

Answer 2

+ I do not assume that just because this question was asked that you mean only Slavery in the US. Slavery has existed through the history of man and is deemed bad. (I agree) It still exists in several nations. It is interesting to note that during the last 500 years it has mostly been propagated from Africa. As recently as last year a ship (from Africa) was intercepted in the Indian Ocean carrying a load of slaves. I guess the big deal is that the selling of human beings does not match the ideal that all people have a right to the pursuit of happiness if it does not interfere with others. If you are a human being you are part of it. The vikings captured slaves(White) the Native Americans (both North and South America) captured enemies for slaves. I am sure the same was true in Asia. If you are a human then somewhere down the line you were part of it either a slave holder or a slave (survivor). If we get attacked from outer-space we may all be slaves(those that survive).

Answer 3

Black Americans are still part of it. Therein lies the problem and why it is not so easily forgotten.

The issues of slavery were never really dealt with. All of the legislation dealing with slavery during America's brief reconstruction period were rolled back by 1900.

The Civil rights movement was really nothing more than Reconstruction part II. In terms of time American slavery is not that far from us. My Great Grand parents on my mother's side were born into slavery. They were children when they were freed.

True, America is a vastly different nation then it was in 1860. However, you must consider that America is a democracy, where majority rules. The temperament of thee people dictates political and social mores. Black Americans were held out side of the fabric of social life for a over half of the 20th century.

Realize that these issues will not disappear quietly. As black Americans gather more resources, and political power they will seek to bring political and social closure to the issue of Americas slave holding and white supremest past. Which encompassed more of Americas past then then the years we have lived since it has ended.

consider it a healing process. Healing takes time, and can be trying. However it is something the nation must face in order to meet the challenges that face it in the future.

Answer 4

I expect u will get some nasty responses with this question, However, I happen to be white and even I know that the reason people are the way they are is out of respect for their ancestors and they are passionate about their heritage. Secondly, slavery still exist. Even here in the united states where we are supposed to promote freedom. U state that if u are not part of slavery then u should shut up....well if Martin Luther King was quite about his feelings then we would probably still have segregation laws. Things do not change if people are quite. If their voices were not heard then we wouldn't be where we are today.

Answer 5

You're joking, right?

Slavery isn't so far in our past. Even though it was theoretically abolished after the Civil War, in reality a lot of the people who had been slaves didn't have anywhere to go and ended up having to work for the people who had been their "masters" - in many ways effectively continuing to be slaves. Legalized discrimination and segregation have only very slooooowly begun to dissipate during the past fifty years or so - well within the lifetimes of a lot of people who are alive.

The ripple effects of slavery have continued on and on and on. The United States is still a blatantly racist country - I'd argue even with defacto institutionalized racism.

This isn't, as someone else mentioned, to suggest that the lot of people would have been better off in Africa - slavery and racism exist there, too. But two wrongs don't make a right. Not even close.

Answer 6

stereotypes...

i think i understand what you are asking. however, i think you have failed to thoroughly understand the way you have asked your question. so, black people talk about slavery rightly. it is a part of history that they aren't happy about because it caused their ancestors a lot of pain. it took a long time to get to where we are now, but things will never be fully recovered.

what i think you probably meant was the black people who say that white people owe them something or complain like they are owned something... when they weren't alive and the white people they are talking about weren't alive either. there are also some black people i have heard blame everything in their lives on slavery, but they haven't done anything to try to help themselves. some black people use race issues as a scape-goat. if they don't get their own way, they may blame it on race. it is still a true problem, but often that was not the issue at hand. these are generalizations of issues i have noticed and had with certain black people at one time or another.

Answer 7

There´s one simple reason:via bad conscience , the (white)
society is supposed to feel bad,baaad,baaaaad,pity,pet and
pamper them with welfare checks all life long.
By the way,without the greedy african tribes´chiefs,who contacted white traders and sold their countrymen to those
criminals,slavetrade would never happened that way.
Of course I´m NOT in favour of slavery,but after The Civil War,
slavery ended,the former slaves were glad and so should be their
descendants.

Answer 8

Black human beings have been enslaved despite if or not they stumbled on it a 'activate' or not, and that i don't assume maximum did. Slavery meant an entire life of grindingly confusing artwork, particularly for women human beings, who have been predicted to toil in the fields alongside the boys all day, then bypass homestead to their cabins and do each and every of the home everyday jobs, cooking, spinning and so on. there became not something remotely erotic approximately it. They have been savagely punished or maybe killed for any sign of insurrection. They weren't allowed to study to ensure and write. Slave families would desire to be chop up up on the whim of their vendors, infants offered faraway from mum and dad, husbands from better halves, and so on. It became a state of entire degredation. it is the 'enormous deal' for many human beings. the actuality of existence for many slaves became in comparison to an erotic fantasy activity of slaves and masters. apart from, the folk in this website who communicate blithely approximately it being 'see you later in the past' are overlooking the actuality that the legacy of slavery, segregation rules, brutal discrimination against black human beings, and lynchings, persevered till an insignificant 40 or so years in the past, rarely that long, and in the residing reminiscence of a lot of human beings.

Answer 9

People learn from the past. Black people suffered a lot.... slavery is wrong and should never be repeated on American soil- this sad part of America's history is part of the African- American citizen's identity, ...... because they are the descendants. It is their job to keep the memory of their forefathers and what they had to overcome alive. ... therefore nobody has the right to "shut them up".

Answer 10

It's the same reason you fall off your bike and get a deep cut.
Then a year later you tell your freind how you got it.
Why don't we shut up about things that already have happened?
Because they did happen, when something happens it happens.
Something things will never be forgotten when other things can be forgotten just in the blink of an eye.

Answer 11

Amendment 13.