Enslavement of Blacks. . .the worse? |
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Enslavement of Blacks. . .the worse? |
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The issue of why African Americans/Blacks seem to think that the enslavement of their ancestors was so much more horrible than the enslavement of other people has come up many a time in discussions centered on race and ethnicity. So, I figured I'd just go ahead and start a discussion on the subject. Hopefully, one doesn't already exist.
So, my opinion. I actually wrote a paper on this very subject last year for a history class I was taking at college. While I argued from an economical stand point in my paper, I think I'll go with the skin color issue here. Every time I gain some new knowledge, my opinion seems to change, but I believe that the main reason the enslavement of Blacks is considered to be such a heinous crime and held above similar crimes is because it was based almost solely on skin color and the complete domination of an entire race thought to be some how deviant or against God in nature. I'll try to elaborate more on my stance once a discussion picks up. |
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*Steven* |
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Honestly...where is ANYONE getting this idea that blacks think their enslavement was worse than others? Where? Where? Where? Blacks as a whole don't. Individual people might. Individual people think different things, should we debate about every single one? Black slavery happened in AMERICA (yeah, I know it happened in Africa too). Most of us live in AMERICA. The Holocaust was TERRIBLE. But since we live in America and learn about American History, of course we would be more exposed to the enslavement that happened in our own country. Of course blacks as a whole don't. It's just those noisy individuals who cause all the ruckus and commotion and try to go public with things that get people stereotyping. A few individuals give people bad ideas for an entire race, but that's not saying much for the people who jump to conclusions. |
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