The other day I saw a post listing all the other countries, races, and peoples who had owned slaves besides the settlers of the United States. Their point being that we are not alone and shouldn't get all upset about it now.
My point is that's beside the point!
We have to acknowledge that black people in this country are still suffering from attitudes instilled in the white mindset by slave owners of centuries ago. That's the point. Racism is alive and well and effecting the way white people relate to black people. Until we white people can get that through our heads and change the way we think or at least the way we act, the fact that anybody else, including black races, had slaves, does not matter! What matters is how we relate and act today. That's the point!
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