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Originally Posted by rubicon
I am an old white Republican male and even in the race divided area of west Tennessee and north Mississippi I promoted people of color and females and only because they earned the opportunity and let me be clear there were people under the cover of darkness that did not appreciate my objectivity.
Having said that I am really tired of white guys being sterotyped. I am really tired of all the white guilt that drives policy that harms more than helps and I am tired of this subject of slavery be applied to presentism in this nation. There isn't a person in this country today that owned a slave. And,slavery has been with mankind since the beginning of manknd and no nationality or race has been spared. Until this nation as a whole gets over that fact ,these type of discussions will continue and tempers will flare. Leave the past to the past and move forward. Mourning in all things must come to a close in order for healing to occur.
Keep in mind there are people in society that find it advantageous to keep this race baiting going.
White power, black power, etc are only words unless we give them meaning.
Finally by God's hand or evolution or combination thereof nature saw fit to create different races and with that all have freedoms granted by God/nature Its why so many of us despise totalitarianism
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Well said Rubicon. Two of the most racist people I have met in my life were a Tribal Chief's son from the West of Africa who seemed to look down on any African-Americans who came over probably at the hands of some of his ancestors in the slave trade. There were many African tribes that assisted in rounding up slaves from tribes they competed with in some way.
Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition of slavery | Black History for Schools The Tribal Chief's son was in my "Minorities in American Society" course at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Then there was an African-American Law student at the U of MN who I unfortunately befriended who was the biggest mistake of my life in making friends with because of how he treated me behind my back. Often due to how he really felt about Caucasians.
Not using stereotypical thinking does take some intellectual work.