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Originally Posted by Ashley from UK
So parking your numbers to one side, the result has crossed the pond and we have seen vandals in the UK piggyback. But the cause is also flawed.
In the UK we see people bemoaning slavery, but a question, how many actually know anything about the roots of slavery? Yes it was terrible that the Europeans took people from Africa, but they were bought from their own people. Slavery was not a white invention. Slaves were created to pay debts or family used as security for a debt. The Europeans merely bought these debts and security, and slaves were given the opportunity to buy their freedom. OK I accept I am also on some dodgy ground here because the whole system was seriously abused, Europeans were guilty of creating the breading ground that resulted in Africans enslaving their own people and selling them to the Europeans so I don't for one second say whites hands are clean. But let us also consider the descendants. No matter how bad some may say they feel or are treated today, are they any worse in USA or UK than if they had stayed in Africa with the troubles the continent suffers, droughts, infighting. etc. etc.
My personal experience is that anyone who has to refer to colour is using it as an excuse for lack of ability or willingness to try and better themselves. So few of us are born with a silver spoon but hard work and sacrifice and a dash of luck and we succeed in whatever we do, whether music, sport, school, work, military, nursing. You name it hard work is the only thing that matters, the only thing that will open or close doors... not the colour of your skin.
I will conclude with Mohamad Ali who said something along the lines of before we talk about racism and WoB lets sort ourselves out as most crime is BoB....
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Well said and a historical fact that is often conveniently overlooked, as is the fact that slavery in many forms is sadly, still prevalent in many societies today. 👿
Martin Luther King also made similar comments to those made by Mohammed Ali 👍
The solution is not simple, nor achievable short term, but long term educational aspirations, not violence is the way forward.