at Tom,,,
I agree..another different way to look at it.

We are slaves of the government, that is true.

which scars it never healed.
children and female sex slaves all around the world
children soldier slaves in africa provided with western weapons
billions slaves of capitalism
the patriotic soldier slaves everywhere
the slaves of beauty
the pharma slaves
slaves of the food industry
slaves of the many other industries

history repeats methods change
humanity

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" klc " ..Thanks for understanding and seeing

the funny part of it...

and the best thing about it is, they made us (but not me anymore, iam free like an ant) believe that we choose it to be governed.

I also have family history that does in fact have discrimination in it.. a lot of it actually. and my ancestors too were mistreated.. terribly. actually 1 million of my kind died.. in the Potato famine. And the Irish sure do know discrimination all of which is very well documented, all of which is part of the American history. As is other ethnic groups.

And while my relatives have had it hard and my ancestors had it even harder. I never heard a word of that growing up. I knew what happened to " my kind.. my people" but as a family we never dwelled on that. And in the all Irish neighborhood that I grew up in, we never hear about it. Nobody ever dwelled on it. We just continued to better ourselves

My point is this, many ethnic groups had it tough.. many.. but they overcame the hardships, the injustices and the outright wrongs and moved on. Improving their live, generation by generation. upward.

And I am not saying the " world " is right.. there is a lot of work still to be done.

But You remember where you come from...what you are. but that is not a driving factor in your life.. it is history.. something to gauge how far you have come.

yesss, lets make america or wherever u r from great again, enslave less powerful communities, sell weapons to children and much much more generous acts so we can treat all ppl of our nation with respect dignity! heil!!!

the one who looks away is not better than the one who commits. you will always flow with the biggest swarm so u can hide from the reality to build ur own imaginary save zone.

I'm tired of hearing about the silly crap.. Black people were making slaves of each other way before white people thought of it.. No one in my family was rich enough to own slaves, so I carry no guilt...

**** no history is not over and we should not froget and move on. during the history of civilized humanity we r continuously fighting each other. history repeats itself in different facets. we dont respect each other. tolerance respect acceptance never were dominant attitudes. history books contain more lies than facts. history is written by the winners not the oppressed and powerless. so is the future manipulated by the same. dont forget dont read their lies, criticize, demand the truth, listen to urself not the tv.
DONT TOLERATE INTOLERANCE.

no.. where not going to agree. And no I'm not moved by it. Why.. because it is history.. stop living in it and you will go further.. and feel less bitter.

Were the Irish even hung?.. actually they were.. try looking up the Molly Maguire's.. actually try looking up the Irish.. you may just get a education in discrimination.. its wasn't a black only thing.. ya know.

Better yet, take a stroll thru the cemeteries in Louisiana.. take a look at the old headstones.. and all the Irish last names.. you know why?.. because back in the plantation days ( no us Irish folks didn't own any.. cause we were the scum of the earth back then) the Irish were put to work in the swamps before the slaves were... because it was thought the slaves were more valuable then a Irishman... so the Irish died of disease, snakebite or gator attacks.. all to support their families.

I have no idea what the people I interview see.. and frankly could care less. I hire the best for the job. And btw.. scores in my company are black.. why.. not because of their color.. but because they are the best for that job... period.

And do I have mine?.. yes I do.. and I got it the old fashioned way... I earned it

No whining.. no crying foul..no silver spoon. went out there and earned it.. not really a novel approach.. but when all you do is complain.. and look in the past..it doesn't leave much time for positive things.. does it.

Have a nice night ;)

Good ole boys are always getting a bad rap... Google murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsome, Knoxville Tn... Google Chicago murders so far this year...


Nice chit stirrin thread, OP...

Are we really freeeeeeeee?

The scars of the oppression of one race, or gender, over another last long after the oppression has officially ended. I remember the Jim Crow laws of fifties, and the riots and demonstrations of the sixties. We have come a long way in this country since then. But racism and sexism still thrives.

NO....WE ARE NOT FREE.

my friend dont forget that the past created the present. to understand to not to do the same mistakes over and over again we need to understand what really happened and not what was written that happened and that needs much more than just not forgetting. it must be analyzed again and again it must become visible and understandable for the crowds. iam not living in the past but i try to avoid stepping backwards as many societies nowadays do urged or even forced by the so called high developed and modern countries. to understand u cant just look at a phrase u must see the whole. see the world as a whole, see urself as part of the whole. how can we step forward when we have no background no fundamental structure, no consciousness of the evil side of mankind. just forgetting is too easy. we have to go on ofc, but with wisdom knowledge and consciousness not blindly as an easy target.

when u need to ask then u r not hhh

me neither if that makes u happy

it must be thematised again and again and u as a witness have the power to raise awareness. we all have power in some way yet we r not aware how powerful we really r.

it must be thematised again and again and u as a witness have the power to raise awareness. we all have power in some way yet we r not aware how powerful we really r.

Membership card to be in the system (social security card)

thank you for acknowledging that past can impact present

how often do you 'hear' about it really?

there has been some form of slavery on every continent throughout history,, but as it pertains to THIS continent,, it was primarily a race based hierarchy,,,,,

families separated AGAINST THEIR WILL, stripped of the right to share knowledge of their ancestry, stripped of their very names, born into the status of mere property,, BORN INTO IT ,denied the opportunity to be educated, families separated AGAINST THEIR WILL,,,,

that recurring hierarcy, being passed down the culture in its values and standards generation after generation for nearly 365 years(slavery 246 years, and segregation/jim crow for another 100) out of a period of 398 years (1619-2017)sets a pretty deep FOUNDATION of racial hierarchy in the US culture

something that's been there 365 years, will not be even close to being corrected in only 50 years,, especially when so many believed that all work was done in only a decade (60s and 70s)

it is never about white vs black, because there were whites and blacks who fought to end it,,,,,,,,its about systemic racism and oppression against blacks,,,,,so no one is asking any white person to feel 'guilt'

its just necessary for people, of all races, to feel 'aknowledgment' for what happened and feel 'responsible' for making sure the disparate impact is not continually reinforced,,