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Originally Posted by Bandb875
Most of us are descendant from people that desperately wanted to come to America and become Americans. They were discontent in their homeland and many paid a high cost to come here. Does anyone think it is significant that of all immigrants to America, Africans did not want to come here, that they were very content with their culture and social structure. Removed from their home and forced to come here. Is it possible that we don't have a white/black problem but cultural differences. People that come here willingly (then and now) gladly throw themselves into the melting pot and soon conform to being American. We will fail if we think we can force a culture on anyone that does not want it. I hope we don't have to follow the example of Canada and have French and British co-cultures.
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I agree, with the precept that anyone "forced" to come here against their will should be given special consideration. OK, so give me an example of anyone "alive" in America that has been forced to live here against their will.
Now, regarding the example of how they wish they still lived in one of the countries of Africa that their ancestors originated from, I wonder how these folks (if even alive) would be living. Possibly starving, warring against each other, women raped, etc. because that continent has a lot of problems. Tell me how our current generation of black Americans are not better off than they would be if still living in Africa. BUT, on the other hand, all of the black folks that were born here should take advantage of such a great country as this and assimilate into the AMERICAN culture. Our "culture" is inclusive of ALL. We have a problematic past, but there is no country in the world that has not. And there is no country in the world as great as ours. There is room on both sides of the color spectrum for forgiveness.
As one that was discriminated upon for five years after I applied for a job and had the highest exam results and one of the best resume's, I do not hold a grudge for the flawed thinking in our country regarding present perceived racial slights. One should not be held accountable for their great-grandfather's horse theft. And just because a person is white, that person should not be held responsible for racial slights that happened decades before his family even came to this country.
There is NO "systemic racism" in America. That is simply a political ploy for one political party to gain one-upmanship over the other. Sorry, but singling out a few widely separate incidents where a white takes advantage or harms a minority is not indicative of a racist pandemic.