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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]that isn't the fault of anyone on this board[/quote]
What isn't their fault, that they celebrate and revere people who owned people, stold other people's lznd and spread disease and acted like their very presence was doing THEM a favor?
Manifest Destiny Mother*******!!
Put that your license plate![/quote]

you do know most white people were not slave owners, right? 
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Exactly most... But it is well documented that the Mayflower 26 started slavery in the US.

Interesting to know if family was on the Mayflower but not exactly something to be proud and excited about.

Like, wow just found out my family was on the Mayflower and I am very sorry, then send some money to a scholarship or something.[/quote]

Why? I didn't do anything.

Should today's Germans be responsible for a Jewish scholarship fund?[/quote]

Today's Germans actually express great shame for the role they/their relatives played, and a level of sensitivity toward the victims and their descendants that we never saw here in the US. That is a huge part of why our country still hasn't truly moved on. You can't get past something until you acknowledge what really happened, what REALLY happened, and try to make things right. Slavery ended long ago, but as recently as a generation ago, we were STILL doing much of the same shit. We are STILL doing much of the same shit. You SHOULD be ashamed. [/quote]

I read that the older generation in Germany is very concerned with the younger generations and their growing indifference to their shameful history. They fear they will grow up to repeat the mistakes their generation made. This is also true of the younger generation in Japan wrt their country's brutal and shameful history.[/quote]

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