African-Americans, does the fact the your ancestors were slaves over 150 years ago, really have a daily impact

Question

on your life?

Answer 1

unfortunately yes

Answer 2

Indirectly, yes:
1. It led to the establishment of Jim Crow which is still being felt across the country today. I don't have to look to my 96 year old grandmother to hear stories of the Jim Crow south, I can go talk to my 52 year old father who grew up in rural SC.
2. Many blacks have no idea who they are and this, imo, is a large part of the problem in the black community. You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been and it seems that your existence began in chains.
3. The slavery debate continues to fuel a lot of racial tension. Whites dismiss it as nothing angering a number of sensible blacks who would otherwise not have any issue with them and a lot of blacks use it as an excuse to waste their lives.
4. When the government of a country labels a group of people as only 3/4 human, that's bound to have an effect on the psyche of everyone inhabiting that country for generations to come because history is not linear - it's cyclical and "knowledge" is passed down through the generations perpetuating ignorance that is predicated on racist lies that are as old as the US. If you think about it, stereotypes against blacks have changed little over the years. For instance, whites have been calling us lazy since the days when we were cleaning their houses and picking their cotton from sunup to sunset while they lounged on the porch drinking iced tea not lifting a finger to do anything...ever.

It does not have a direct impact on my daily life, however.

The Truth - your comments speak to point #3. What difference does the limited involvement of certain Africans in the slave trade have to do with anything? If I sell a child to a predator does that absolve the predator of guilt? Is my role even really relevant? Africans did not perceive slavery in the same way that whites applied it. There was slavery (which basically meant you were a servant who didn't get paid - the kind that the Africans knew of and practiced themselves) and then there was chattel slavery (the kind where you are complete dehumanized, stripped of your identity and treated like an animal) which whites adopted.

Answer 3

It affects everyone in America.

It's biproduct is racism and bigotry, which continues to affect African Americans in disproportionate numbers. Many racist stereotypes still believed today about African Americans came from the time of slavery. Racism didn't start during the civil rights mov't. It was the purpose of the civil rights mov't.

American slavery had a huge impact on all Americans, as did Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Mov't. Progress has been made since then, but of course African Americans are still affected by the effects of slavery. I'm surprised that people don't believe it affects anything, today.

How much it affects African Americans is debatable, but what's not debatable is it's most obvious result.

Answer 4

even nevertheless i'm african american via gov't standards, i think of they shouldn't get reparations. How might they have the skill to song that plenty genetic background. yet for the reason that i'm additionally community american After the process Tears shouldn't community human beings own the full united states of america, They have been only pushed and pushed into the west until eventually human beings tossed them onto reservations. additionally they have been killed off. Slaves existed everywhere. Blacks weren't the only slaves. They have been only the main familiar ones. Plus reparations are for human beings whose grandparents, mothers and dads or themselves have been in contact in slavery. maximum human beings do not care plenty approximately how they're great-great-great-great grandparents have been slaves and the soreness they went with the aid of.

Answer 5

It SHOULD have a daily impact. But unfortunately, some people (especially white men...though not all white men) forget and or don't care about what our history comprises of. It does still have an effect today, and because of that, there is racism deep within every system, and it is justified by many. But, it's okay for whites, because most just choose not to see it, and not to believe it. But it's not just in America, and it's not just African Americans. It's everywhere: every single country has a history of enslavement; many still do today.
And, don't forget about Native "Americans". Yeah, Columbus didn't 'discover' America; no, he found a land with people, who were already living full lives, on this already discovered land, who he with his men and guns, maliciously murdered until he could run shi* his way. Read about this stuff. It's really interesting, actually.

Answer 6

Why do you people always assume that the treatment of blacks improved after slavery was abolished (which wasn't even 150 years ago, if you want to get technical)?

Have you forgotten about the HUGE Civil Rights Movement that took place for centuries after that? Think about the stereotypes and racism that still persist to this day. That has a much bigger impact on our daily lives than slavery.

Answer 7

For any blacks that answered yes, you're such liars. We're speaking on a daily basis. None of you lived through slavery how could it make a daily impact on your life?

Answer 8

i don't know about other black ppl but it doesn't have a daily impact for me. i don't feel like i have a chip on my shoulder and i don't have a hatred for "the man" or anything like that.

Answer 9

Honestly, No. However, Jim Crow still kind of pisses me off because I have a 96 year old grandmother and I know she had to go through it.

Answer 10

I am sorry for what they went through, but I am also very proud of them. They made a way for me to be here, along with the rights that I have today.

Praise God for everything you go through, it may pave the way for the current and future generations.

God Bless!

Answer 11

CAN YOU WHITES STOP PRETENDING TO BE BLACK!!!!!
ITS DEGRADING!!!

now to answer your question...
yes it does....

and its not over 150
slavery ended in 1865 and continued illegally for a while
but i dont dwell on slavery i dwell on the problems that occurred because of it.