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.

[brooklyneast05]

i disagree sir

what u've "seen and heard" is wrong then. ive never acted like black people are the only ones who suffered. i don't know any black people who think that nobody else in history has suffered. black people in america talk about black slavery more yes...americans in general talk about black slavery more, because its in our countries history. if we were in a different country, we'd probably be more concerned with slavery in that country.

u still see people who are making fun of jews. i still people making fun of jews, mexicans, black people, asians, irish, EVERYONE STILL GETS MADE FUN OF. it's just how it is when u have ignorant people saying ignorant things. u should watch out, because u sound like one of them, the way u generalize a whole race and say that we are all complaining about how we've suffered more, when that's not the case. individuals complain and say things like that maybe, but the whole african american race doesn't.

i think jews and african americas felt a lot of similar things. both were treated awfully. i don't think any african american denies the fact that the jews suffered, or think that black slavery was "worse". i really have no clue where u get that idea

slavery is not a piece of cake, and i think that's a ridiculous thing to say. the only reason i think ur saying that is because ur thinking the slavery from ur country. u provided a link in an earlier post to information about serfdom saying thats the slavery from ur country. serfdom is NOT the same thing as slavery in america. if u read the link that YOU provided, it even says that serfs often chose to be serfs because they couldn't support themselves and their family. no african chose to be a slave, and they were separated from their children and wives, beaten, sold around like animals, considered less than human. i'm sure slaves in ur country suffered a lot, but going from the link that u urself provided, it's not the same as what happened here. if u disagree then provide a link that supports it better than what u did.

i bet none of the "Afro-Americans" ever felt what the Jews felt, where slavery is just a piece of cake.

how would u know what african american's felt? u don't, so quit assuming something of a whole race of people