Slavery has been a fact of life as long as mankind has been on this planet, and it is still going on in Africa and Asia. Why are only the western nations being accused as being the main perpetrators. Political correctness and expedience gone mad or are we just an easy target. Try asking Saudi Arabia to apologise and set their slaves free.
2007-09-21 09:51:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The blame does seem to be one-sided. I think it has to do with an underdog mentality. Many people, even though free outwardly are not inwardly. They see themselves as victims of slavery and abuse even though they themselves have not experienced that directly. So they blame Western nations because they are currently the Big Boys on the world stage. There's also a "you owe me!" mentality.
2007-09-21 10:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lover of Blue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was never affected by slavery in any way. But I was affected by racism. the thing is, someone needs to take responsibility.
I mean if the Germans can apologize for the Jewish slaughter. why should the rest of the world not apologize for their sins or the sins of their great grand parents or what ever the case maybe. What have the Australians done to say their peace to the Aboriginal people, who were actually originally mostly English, what about King leopard and the Congo.What do you say to all these people.
"Well it's been out lawed anyway so I have no idea what you're complaining about.... who cares if you have no land because my ancestors killed yours for it. and now I have a villa on land that would have been your birth right... had it not been for my greedy forefathers it's all good lets forget about it and move on... "
An apology is not going to hurt anyone. An apology. What is that compared to centuries of unfair treatment, human indignity and every single suffering that all these people have been put through. No one is going to blame a western country of wrong doing if they never did it to begin with. RESPONSIBILITY.
I'm so disappointed at these answers I don't even know how to phrase what I want to say. I shouldn't be, cause all of you are a bunch of strange people I will never get to meet. I just never knew that people cared so little.
Jan van Riebeek from Holland started slavery in South Africa.
I have never met a single Dutch person who knows this fact.
Do a little digging into your own history before you give such flippant and incaring answers.
2007-09-21 18:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
lets just say :Its just like asking the relatives of the Romans to apologise for their conquers of land, or the relatives of the egyptions for having slaves to make the pyramids.
I agree. I think it just turned into a state of skin colour. If we were dark (like the slave trade that is going on today in africa), then it wouldnt have been turned into such a big thing (as we dont even hear about it). The british government should not have said sorry, as it was not their fault. It happened over a century ago, and the people alive today....well...it wasnt our actions. Just think...if this was not noted down, no-one would know any different. You dont see anything on TV-News today about the slave trade in africa and asia. It really annoys me. And ive seen many a dark people say exactly this :
'The slave trade was a long time ago, we should forget and move on, it wasnt the white people of todays fault'
2007-09-21 17:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never in a million years,far from it.In fact the so called descendants of these slaves should get down on there knees and give thanks to the British Government for being the first to abolish slavery,and not only that but to police the seas to try and prevent the slave ships from continuing the trade.
2007-09-21 17:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by GEORGE W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi.....
Are the ancestors of the African tribes, who 'sold' the slaves to the British, going to apologise?
Are the British going to get a 'Thankyou,' for being the first and leading the way to 'abolish' the slave trade, when the Americans, other Europeans and the African tribe leaders, did not want to?
2007-09-22 09:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by Paul222@England 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we shouldn't disregard the terrible things we did in the past just because others are doing them today. Yes we were right to apologise and to actively try to stop others doing it. We are apologising not to the people currently slaves but the millions we made slaves
2007-09-21 16:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that crap question again !
Why should anyone apologise for something who happened in another time and done by dead people ?
When you talk Slavery, it is always whites vs blacks.
What about slavery happening all over the world every day ?
Same people doing it on their own natives and even blacks enslaving blacks, for that mater !
2007-09-21 18:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Trucky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 reasons
A-white men are an easy target
although I personally have never owned a slave, nor did my father or my father's father I'm supposed to feel guilty b/c some people halfway across the world and hundreds of years ago sold out their own people to save their own necks or profit? please
B-all white men allegedly have money to give as reparations. last I checked, I was broker than a hostage.
2007-09-21 17:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by CGAA72 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO.I have never heard anyone else appologise for their involvment and EVERY country in the world has at sometime or other been involved in slavery.Why should the british and the americans who were mainly responsible for its abolishment apologise.
2007-09-22 07:35:35 · answer #9 · answered by AFDEE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As it was outlawed over 170 years ago I think we can put it all behind us,,,,,,,how far should we go back in history to apologise for the actions of our long dead ancestors?
Many nations have a lot more to be apologetic over for more recent events
2007-09-21 16:56:52 · answer #10 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋