You mean the cruelty that you heard of, or the cruelty you Actually saw? I am not quite as old as you Lon, but I'm not far behind at 75. In my ENTIRE LIFETIME, I have NEVER, not a single time, saw a black person abused for the color of their skin. We now have a mainstream media that is actively instigating HATE against White people, for something that happened over 150 years ago. There is not a Black person in America living today, that was ever a slave, and there is not a White person in America living today, that ever owned a slave. The media is actively pushing this hate against Whites, and should have their license revoked, and the people in charge arrested for instigating hate. They say the blacks are held back by Whites. That is total bs. The Blacks are and have been held back by themselves, since the 1960's. When affirmative action was passed in the 1960's, which was a form of reverse discrimination, they realized by playing the victim, they could get stuff without having to work for it. They were given free or low cost housing and utilities, they were given jobs over White people and promoted in jobs, based on the color of their skin rather than their qualifications. If they want to be EQUAL with most Whites, let them get off their rears, get a job and support themselves and their families. That would make them equal. If they would do that, they would most likely develop some pride in themselves AND the color of their skin. They would then be involved in making America the greatest country in the world. Let me make one thing clear. I am not talking about all Blacks. There are many very nice and hardworking Blacks, all across our country. I feel bad that the ones instigating the hate, have put them in the awkward position they have been placed in. NO, I am not racist, but if we are going to talk about the race problem, it will do no good, and solve nothing, unless we are honest in those talks.
Tribalism didn’t end with the abolition of slavery. That said: How do You treat someone, anyone of any color who doesn’t know how to read and write? Moreover, how do You treat someone who lives in a shack and will work for cents on the dollar? How do You treat someone who doesn’t know hygiene from horseshoes? That was the condition of the black race before and for several years after the emancipation and the reputation itself was carried forward for years. As a note: Frankly, I’m appalled by the way blacks treated and still treat blacks. Some of the highly educated black people of today still look down at less fortunate black people. And if that isn’t enough, the city of Chicago should be evidence enough that it isn’t the majority of the white race that is hurting blacks, it’s blacks.
It was on several hour long OETA PBS , and other, documentaries that were not denied by the government or anyone in authority - it was a better known part of history than the so-called race riots in Tulsa (or Tulsa Mazzacre as another thread goes into... or even more evidence than for proving George Washington was ever president, so to speak. The slavery today exceeds the slavery ever before in history, I believe.
I do not know if anyone realizes it or not but prior to the Revolutionary War, everyone was a slave of sorts. They couldn’t own property unless it was granted to them by the King or governor and even then it was on terms that it could be taken back at any time. Between the British, Spanish, French, everything was owned by a King or Queen and overseen by a Governor. Slave owners may have had slaves but the owners were under the thumb of a King and everything an owner had could be stripped away in an instant. People may have had businesses but only by the graces of the local governor who again, answered to someone higher. The thirteen colonies were owned by England and everything that happened in those colonies was by the approval of the King. All people were subjects and were under submission to the monarch no matter what station, ranking, color or gender a person was. Nearly everything in the known territories was owned by some King or Queen from the aforementioned countries. To be quite clear, no one was free and everyone and everything was under submission to the whims of a monarchy. The king approved of the buying and selling of slaves of all races and people of all races were indentured but it was the Declaration of Independence and later the ratification of the Constitution of the United States that brought about the beginnings of the end of it.
And the Federal Reserve's 100 year destruction of our currency and Agenda 21/31 which will again remove private property from the people.
So far as 21/31, Alabama is already remedying that and a writ of eminent domain will not be applicable in this state.
That word was not allowed in my grandparnts,or mothers house at all.If you want a good switcching say the N word or use Gods name in vain. We were all born and raaisd in Atanta Geogia area. I grew up in Stone Mountain. We had both white and black hired help.
Not really.The first to bring the slaves to Americas was Spains Queen Issabella on Portugal ships, Then laterSpain brought them to America. "Isabella, British slave ship that brought the first 150 African slaves to the American port of Philadelphia in 1684. Joaquina, Spanish slaveship carrying 348 Africans when captured by HMS Nimble 10 November 1833. Josefa, Spanish schooner carrying 206 slaves when captured by HMS Monkey 7 April 1829." There were slaves here for a couple hundred years before we became America, but since we are or were rich then its us who are expected to pay for the evils of it Plus the blonde blue eyed peoples were also slaves as matter of fact it is where the very word slave comes from aka Slav. Slavery has been around since the beginning of time. Mostly in Africa where they still have slaves today.
Slaves are in the Bible, they were in the Colluseum. They are children being kidnapped and sold today. We are and have all been lied to and misled. I enjoy all of Officer Tatum's you tubes.
Only about four or five percent of the slaves who were taken from Africa were brought to North America, and North America was a British colony at the time, so it seems a bit odd that the whole world has been conditioned to look to the American South when slavery comes to mind, and not to England, Spain, or Portugal. Far more slaves went to various Caribbean islands and to South American than to North America, while others remained enslaved on the African continent.
I agree Mary,since time began all races,cultures and tribes have been slaves at one time or the other.
Historically many civilizations held slaves in high regard and treated them well. It's the cruelty and barbarity of slaves that is at issue.