[...]Their fellow Africans sold them to the arabs and whitemen for salt and muskets. I do think there are residuals of slavery still left, but they can be overcome.[...]
And of course, the fact that it was Africans who snatched other Africans out of their huts takes all responsibility and remorse out of the white man's consciense. It makes it ok, more gulable to your run-o-the-mill John Doe I guess.
Look, "residuals of slavery" can indeed be overcome, no one doubts that, but there has to be a sincere effort on everyone's part to want this to work. It is imposible to overcome social issues when you live in a getto, where life expectancy for a male is 45 years, your father is in jail for something he might've done, your mother brings home $200 per week, your stepfather beats the shit out of you and drugs are everywhere (as well as cops, waiting for you to steal a can of soda from a store so that they can start your rap sheet as soon as possible). If they try to get out of the 'hood and go into a white neighborhood we all know what happens next: Whiteys move out. So all in all, no, no easy way out. I mean, reality tells us otherwise. If we want this to work we must first acknowledge the fact that the USA, nowadays, is a multi-racial and multi-lingual reality. Once we do that we can move on to bigger and better things.
[...]It's called affirmative action and it's done at the expense of other minorities.[...]
At the expense of what?!
[...]THEY are treated like people. I don't think less of ANYONE based on their economic situations. But I do think economic statistics can be used to pin-point social issues within a demographic.
So you're telling me that you can give me a social diagnosis of a particular area by just looking at economic statistics?
Some people are so out of touch with reality...
