Cute.

Really? I'd be pissed. Real pissed. We often don't acknowledge the enormous effect of slavery on black people. You go on to talk of your Native American heritage, and don't get me wrong, I color Cortez and Jackson as devils just as you must do, but I assume you at least know your tribe. I assume you have some idea of the history of your family. Imagine if your last name was the name of the person who abused your family for decades. Every time you sign your name, you would be carrying on that man's legacy.

We don't realize it, but African-American culture begins from slavery. Blacks were assimilated into the culture, taught that they were an inferior race, having that ingrained into their heads. And to assume that these conditions have simply worn off over the years is ignorant.

Have you ever eaten "chitlins"? I assume you haven't, but if you have, you most likely had it made for you or it was given to you by a black person. The reason? During slavery, blacks were fed "chitlins," more accurately "shit-loins," the intestines of a pig. Why? Because it was the most despisable part of the pig, and no slave owner really wanted it. And despite all the "hundreds of years" of what you seem to assume is racial equality, black people still eat chitlins. Why? Because culture is passed down from generation to generation.


Out of who? All the races in the world? Because you know that's not true.
They weren't violated and abused?

Like, you're just saying things that are untrue just because they're inflammatory. Nice debate style.
More ignorance. So Africa's current troubles are just because black people are prone to killing each other? Or could it be the aftereffects of hundreds of years of violent colonialism by European countries. Ever hear of the "Scramble for Africa?" Probably not. It refers to the rush of European countries to stake their claim in the continent once they realized it had resources. It's deplorable what was done. Want to claim that this was hundreds of years ago? Here's a map of Africa 93 years ago:


Notice that only the country of Ethiopia is under non-European control. Learn some history before you assume things.
Oops, forgot Liberia, the country which was created for ex-slaves to go to back in Africa based on Thomas Jefferson's assertion that what was done to the blacks during slavery was so horrible that free blacks could never forgive white people.


But it's not like many of them haven't experienced blatant discrimination. Hell, the Civil Rights movement was in the '60s! There are millions of people who were alive to see segregation, lynchings, and outright racism directed toward them by their own government.

*Pause to admire this kid Adrian Peterson. Why does Chester Taylor even play?!

This is my opinion, but I think that the use of the word "nigga" stems from the hundreds of years of socialization enforced by whites, to the point where black people degrade themselves.

One of the insults used to degrade African-Americans was their hair. The nappy, curly hair of blacks was seen as gross and inferior. White people don't really remember that, but ask a black person if they have "good hair" or "bad hair." I guarantee you that they'll claim that they have bad hair unless it has been straightened, softened, made to look as close to stereotypical white hair as possible. Interesting? It's amazing what has been passed down since slavery.

During slavery, blacks were not allowed to be educated. Some slaves were beaten just for trying to learn to read. Keeping slaves ignorant was in fact a tool of slavemasters, because it is always easier to exploit someone who doesn't know that they're being exploited. And to this day, blacks still lag far behind in education. Many people like yourselves seem to claim that it is because blacks are either genetically inferior or they just don't want an education. But is it possible that the culture of education being forbidden has been passed down just as many other aspects of slave culture? Is it possible that when combined with this culture, the gross inadequacy of many schools in which minorities dominate is the cause of this education gap?

Low socioeconomic status has been proven to be the root cause of many of the things you claim are black traits, such as crime and high birthrates. But how can you get a good job if you can't get a good education? Black people in America are stuck in a cycle of low education leading to poverty leading to crime leading to high birthrates leading to low education, etc. And to claim that white people are innocent in creating the situation is to stick your fingers in your ears and close your eyes.

I'm glad that you've come to terms with racism and I'm glad that you can approach racist people in such a manner. Many African-Americans are of the same mindset as yourself. However, it is absurd to expect everyone to have the same tolerance for the gross indiscretions leveled against their people for centuries, Native Americans included.

So did she stop being black after those years? I know, I get your point, and at this point I'm tired of typing and I made a cheap attack on your error. Sorry.

Anyway, I read that sentence with sadness, for if you have truly succeeded in convincing a black person to share your own view of African-Americans, then you have done nothing but perpetuate the cycle noted above.

Absolutely. It sounds like we just have vastly different approaches in how to acheive this.

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