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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody alive today perpetrated the exploitation of slavery on blacks, or has any responsibility for it.  And, ALL Americans today are the ones living the legacy of it - to include the supposed "benefit.[/quote]

"supposed 'benefit'"? Are you suggesting doubt in regards to the benefits of 400 years of free labor?  And yes, "ALL Americans today are the ones living the legacy of it", some in the form of slavery-made wealth and others in the form of the achievement gap and harsher prison terms for similar drug offenses. Need I go on? Need I continue to point out the inequalities that continue to run rampant in this country based on race and class? Who takes responsibility? Everyone wants to ignore the facts. [/quote]

How do you suggest the average american (multiple generations born/raised domestically) work toward eliminating these inequalities?  I am sincerely looking for feedback on how to go about leading my life on a day to day basis. I am not trying to pick or continue a fight, I am trying to understand.  Assume I am black and then separately assume I am white.[/quote]

[b]It is the same for all people; teach your children the truth about the past and talk about how to be better now and in the future. Really invest in the education and quality of life for your children and take a stand on those things that a truly unjust in society. Our kids have to see us take a stand for equality: in education, in legislation, at home, etc.[/quote][/b]

Is this 11:47 answering?  I ask because I am doing all the things you suggest above, is this going help neutralize your negative feelings about white people?  A person that capitalizes black and uses lower case for white is harboring what appears to be a lot of anger so if this is what it takes, let me introduce you to my family so we can start peacefully coexisting and mutually respect eachnother.  If it isn't 11:47, I am still genuinely interested in a response from you.[/quote]

11:47 here, I am not the PP who has responded to your posts previously. The capitalization is simply the norm as I know it -- Black people generally capitalize "Black", as many don't have the history/genealogy of their families to have anything else to capitalize. White people often know more about their history/genealogy, and so white is generic for them and often not capitalized.

It's really amazing to me how much slavery and its outcrops are still a taboo discussion, and how anyone who brings the subject up has to be angry or hating whites. I peacefully co-exist with people of all races; as a matter of fact, I am often told I am too dispassionate.  Why is the statement of truth associated with anger and antagonism? I think this is projection, maybe most white people inherently feel they would hate a people who perpetrated such evils on them.

There are pages and pages of commentary on this thread with generally negative commentary about Black kids, Black adults getting jobs, etc, but no one has mentioned that any of these PPs need to change from within, or at all, when it is just this type of attitude that needs to change. How about some fellow-feeling for your fellow man?

I really feel like the fight Blacks still fight is the ability to be seen as human -- no more, no less. If you oppress a people for centuries, it may well take them centuries to recover. Unfortunately we all have to live with that. I agree with the above in bold, but I also support reparations in the form of education, financial literacy, teaching of entrepreneurship, as well as other forms, as an opportunity to establish true equality, especially for Blacks below the poverty line. And no, I would not benefit.
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