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.

[LoveDanceSoul]

Did you guys know that African American slaves werent allowed to marry, look a white person in the eye, they were torn from families, stripped of their culture & language, raped, beaten, weren't allowed to read, and so on. Freedom for them was just the ability to not work on the plantations. Most freed slaves were still poor and discriminated against terribly. It is definitely has been the worst form of slavery in the modern age, and it is also has the most publicity because of the fact that it ended most recently and was institutionalized ever since the birth of America...supposedly the land of the "free". Slavery really isnt considered a crutch because most black people dont mention it on a daily basis. Slavery played a major role in American History, and therefore it needs to be taught along with the other events that took place in american history. The after affects of it are still existant today [racism, negative stereotypes, discrimination]. No one is complaining, its just that you have to open your eyes and face the facts.