Black National Anthem?? What in the world...

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

That was sarcasm, NOT common sense!!!

Um.

LOL - - I caught that!

[SDG]

I know projection is a defense mechanism we all use, yours truly, not to accept responsibility done wrong ... and yes ... in the full scope of things it was warring tribes that often sold slaves to slave traders ... but to minimize what happened in between ... and to place the onus on blacks for somehow making slavery happen IS TWISTED AND DISTORTED .... and that a white man freed him ... is well ....not coherent in this poster's mind.

This was a tragedy we allowed to happen ... our forefathers participated in it ... our Presidents or Congressional leaders owned ... abused ... and even slept w/ their slaves.

It is what it is ...

We stopped importing slaves in 1807 ... yet for still another 60 years we bred and impugned them w/ no regard to human dignity, families or God's Word.

No one is looking to inculcate "white guilt" ... but let's look at what it was for what it was ... not pass the buck ... or point a finger.

Or minimalize.

It was hatred and racism that perpetuated this ... even in our churches and by preachers ....and it permeated well into the last century in our laws and behaviors ... and in many ways still does.

It's a blemish that still affects us today. It has taken time to turn the page from this horrific reality.

[DividedThigh]

goes both ways dan

[SDG]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

goes both ways dan

It does ... but when one has been in the position of power ... with literally the power of life and death ... it's easy not to empathize ...

These wounds run deep ... we're talking over 250 years of slavery and another century of segregation ... things are yet in the scheme of things ... fresh to a people who literally were stripped from what we today enjoy as God-given liberties.

Do we need to move on ... yes ... and we are ... but let's keep perspective and realize that the atrocity was real and that it's still happening in various forms.

[DividedThigh]

dan i grew poor and white in the south, most people i know now dont know anything about race problems except what they read which is not always accurate, some of those stupid people treat poor people white and black like trash, been there, seen it, dt

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

dan i grew poor and white in the south, most people i know now dont know anything about race problems except what they read which is not always accurate, some of those stupid people treat poor people white and black like trash, been there, seen it, dt

Tell it DT, and that STILL goes on today!

[DividedThigh]

true cindy, i was raised to hate, but Jesus changed that, dt

[SDG]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

dan i grew poor and white in the south, most people i know now dont know anything about race problems except what they read which is not always accurate, some of those stupid people treat poor people white and black like trash, been there, seen it, dt

True.

Sharecropping ... which began during the Reconstruction .... which forced labor through indebtedness by white plantation owners ... literally dehumanized both white and black sharecroppers well into the last half the last century ...

Very true .

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

It does ... but when one has been in the position of power ... with literally the power of life and death ... it's easy not to empathize ...

These wounds run deep ... we're talking over 250 years of slavery and another century of segregation ... things are yet in the scheme of things ... fresh to a people who literally were stripped from what we today enjoy as God-given liberties.

Do we need to move on ... yes ... and we are ... but let's keep perspective and realize that the atrocity was real and that it's still happening in various forms.

True!

Also, I doubt many of them would really want to go back to their native land because those atrocity are still very real there.

[DividedThigh]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

True.

Sharecropping ... which began during the Reconstruction .... which forced labor through indebtedness by white plantation owners ... literally dehumanized both white and black sharecroppers well into the last half the last century ...

Very true.

funny you mentioned sharecroppers dan, i knew a few as a kid