If the civil war had never been fought, if blacks were still enslaved, would you be fighting for the freedom of blacks in America?
2007-03-03 14:27:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Gedger, no. I'm not 'trolling' and I'm not black. If you're feeling defensive... look to other causes.
2007-03-03 15:06:18 · update #1
Yes. People should be fighting for the freedom of anyone who is enslaved. Just because black slavery is illegal does not mean there is not still slavery- in this country or many others. There are many cases of child slavery, sex slavery and slavery of immigrants in this country. Slavery in other countries, mainly of woman and children, continues on. The abuse of other people's rights, especially of the helpless, should always be fought.
2007-03-03 14:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by vcanfield 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The answer is yes! Slavery was an economic tool driven by an agrarian economy prior to the industrial revolution. Slavery still persists today in i.e. some Arab lands. It was adopted because it was there. England had slaves, etc. Property was the primary form of wealth. Some Black slaves even owned slaves according to some historians. With the industrial age, capitalism rather than agrarian paternalism drove even the most strident pro-slavers out of business. It became poor economics as well as immoral. In any normal man's heart, the color of a man's skin is no gauge of the man! People of color prove that every day. That is why, ultimately, the people who owned the slaves, freed the slaves.
2007-03-03 22:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by wtr2391 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can't say for certain. We are all children of the time and place of which we lived. If slavery were still alive, I would also assume all forms of racial laws would still have been in place and, probably, barely questioned. I would like to think I wouldn't support such a thing and would try to fight against it, but I really don't think anyone can safely say for sure how they would be if the society in which they were raised was so radically different than the society we currently live in.
2007-03-03 22:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by Bluefast 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As most everyone who works is a "wage slave," your question is more relevant than is obvious at first glance. That few understand this is what replaced slavery because it was cheaper, is disappointing and a sad commentary on our education. To be a slave is to be owned, that you must work all your life for someone else, and never as a group, be able to change your condition. I hope we wake up soon, for we could change this in a heartbeat if we all did something together like not buy gasoline for one week. It is easy to say I would do something for the slaves of 150 years ago. It is another to recognize we are still slaves and actually do something about educating ourselves and acting today.
2007-03-03 22:59:43 · answer #4 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would certainly like to think so. It's hard to imagine what my reaction would be if I grew-up in an entirely different culture with different attitudes and values. Would I accept the status quo or challenge it? If I did challenge it, would slavery, such an ingrained part of my would-be world, be an issue I would challenge?
I am amazed by the brilliance and enlightenment of Plato. Yet, slavery was an accepted institution in his society and he never challenged it.
2007-03-03 23:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jesus Jones 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you blacks (pc term African American) had the chance to enslave whites, would you? Unfortunately the Europeans brought Africans over as slaves. Thankfully the United States ended it after we revolted from British tyranny.
T. Jefferson did believe slavery to be wrong and spoke of it to his fellow southern countrymen (famous slave owner). He also said that America may never get over its unjustness. Jesse Jackson believes that also.
'Trolling' tonight, are we sir?
2007-03-03 22:57:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Excellent question! No I wouldn't be fighting for the blacks....not because of what I know now. I do not care for them (being polite) and I think they should all go back en masse to Africa.
2007-03-04 02:51:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes ,some of the best friends I have are black as the ace of spades, I grew up on a cotton farm so I knew black kids before I knew they were black, their parents helped my parents get the cotton to the gin,you were paid according to the amount of cotton that you put in the trailer ,at our farm every one did the same work, side by side
2007-03-03 22:40:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would hope so. However in a situation like this the socialization that made me the person I am today would be totally different. In many ways we are who we are raised to be. I would hope that I would have enough good sense to take a stand.
2007-03-03 22:32:19 · answer #9 · answered by I'll Take That One! 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. we are a better society for ending slavery. We would be an even better one if we had never allowed it in the first place.
2007-03-03 22:34:57 · answer #10 · answered by Mother 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋