Enslavement of Blacks. . .the worse? Options

[hotsoup]

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.

[ClaudelGFX]

brownsugar and steven, you both have your points and i got em perfectly, but from what i've seen and heard, "Afro-Americans" always threated any kind of this matter to the highest level like they were the only ones whom have suffered and they are the only race that have been disavantaged(sp?) in every way possible. I still see people whom are making fun of Jews, but i doubt any of them knows even a small piece of Jews history, and all things that happen to em during the ages, i bet none of the "Afro-Americans" ever felt what the Jews felt, where slavery is just a piece of cake. And the thing about Jews was only an example, also they don't call Jews white, they call em JEWS, if you get my point.