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Originally Posted by QUINNSCOMMENTARY
You really should think before you write. Nobody said slavery was a necessary component, I didn't say slavery did anyone a favor, but I did say given the chance most people would probably like to erase slavery regardless of the consequences.
I merely said that an unintended consequence of slavery was that many black Americans were better off (than if their ancestors never left Africa) as a result of their ancestors suffering the horror and indignity of slavery and that is a true statement. Even today in Africa many countries are suffering the consequences of colonialism and their own corrupt governments and dictators, drought, starvation and genocide and although I have never seen it first hand, what I have seen leads me to the conclusion that even poor black Americans are better off that many average Africans.
It would therefore seem that the hand of fate placed many African Americans in a better place, just as it did for those of us whose ancestors voluntarily emigrated to the US, assuming of course that in my case you can consider the starvation of the Irish voluntary.
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I thought about my post carefully...believe me.
The point is that they are human beings....not pegs on a board. They could have come here of their own free will. You are assuming that their decendents would have been born in Africa. But many Africans have gone to live in other countries and they might have done likewise.
Stop trying to alleviate your guilt. You are not guilty for slavery as you were not born at the time. Face up to what happened and stop trying to tweak it into something that is more pallatable to you.
It makes my skin crawl that you or anyone else would think that forcing people into slavery benefits their next generation. Especially when the original victims could have accomplished the same destination on their own and under much better circumstances.