Slavery

Are you a citizen by birth?

English isn't my first language. I speak four languages...

dbibeau, going to a play doesn't make you cultured or intelligent. Much less an opera.

People it was almost 300 years ago bringing it up on a forum is not going to fix what happened.

I personally think that if the slaves were freed right away, they may have become sharecroppers for their old masters, or they could head into the west and claim land, and set up their own farms.

agentwhale007. wrote: Affirmitive Action is not a punishment.

Its not intended to be so, yes, but in reality it is.

Having to give up your shot at a collage you have worked your whole life to get into because someone who is African American wants that same spot and his grades are only slightly lower then yours.
 

Affirmitive Action is not a punishment.

Slavery was wrong, theres no doubt in that.  It was important and probably one of the few reasons our nation's economy survived but it doesn't justify it. 

So what are we supposed to do?  Go back in time and free them?  We've already appologized, we've made amends.  Its amazing though, my family hasn't even LIVED in any part of the nation where slavery existed.  My father's family came straght from Scotland and his mother came from the Midwest long after slavery was abolished.  My mother's family came from Wisconsion and she came her long after even the Civil rights movement.  My family hasnt had any part in slavery, but to subject us to punishment such as Affermative Action just because of the color of our skin is wrong, almost as wrong as slavery.  The same goes to attacking my family about the Native Americans or the Mexicans.

The only thing you could pin on my family is what happened to the Hawaiians because yes, we lived in Hawaii at the time of the overthrow and yes, we were White.  Does that mean my family were the bussinessmen that overthrew her?  No, my great-grandfather made molds for the gears in the plantations.  However, because I am White, I have a fairly large group of Hawaiians and even Filipinos that call me "stupid hauloe" (thats a gentler varation of what I'm really called) on a daily basis.  I'll admit, I havent got the worst of it.  In some public schools they have "kill haoule day".  Do the adults know about it?  Of course they do!  Heck, it was a topic mentioned on a talk radio show when a caller asked about if the schools are safe and the host basically told her it was "no biggie".

So in summery for those who dont want to read the whole thing, slavery was wrong, but to blame it on an entire other race is just as bad.

DBibeau855 wrote: agentwhale007. wrote: DBibeau855 wrote: Or you find people shooting people for shoes and wearing baggy jeans hanging half way down your butt offensive. You find pants offensive? When i can see your underware. Yes. I just dont like poorly dressed people.

Im sure you dont mind when a female has her thong pulled up over her jeans.

No problem there, right?

Haha. Your offended by "Poorly dressed people"?? Thats just sad, honestly.

Predatorr wrote: DBibeau855 wrote: Predatorr wrote: its called rich fairfax county world where a small house costs $400,000 so we know nothing of poverty or living at subsistence level. I too live there. 500,000 at my mothers house. The pricetag on my apartment would shock you. you mean the 300,000 apartments out by springfield mall? Or the ones for like 2000 a month?

Nah, i live in an apartment in DC off and on. The house im talking about is in Island Creek, up the street from where your mom works.