Anonymous asked: People just need to put the past behind them. It is what it is. You can't change the past. We didn't know better back then. That's how a lot of people were raised. But today is today and people need to let go of the whole 'slavery' and whatnot. We'd be doing a lot better as a society if people would stop acting like they are still discriminated even after a century and a half.

Answer:

I’m not sure where you want to go with that… um but just on the topic of discrimination and slavery - that is honestly one of the most annoying things. The counter-racism that black people have against white people… “You owe me this and x and y and z because I’m black and you’re not and your ancestors enslaved mine and waaa waa waa blah blah.”

No.

Not only did that happen over a hundred years ago, but you are not, and you will not be the only race that has ever been enslaved.

History books don’t tell you that at the same time that black people were on the slave trade in America, SO WERE IRISH SLAVES. And they weren’t worth nearly as much as black slaves.

Every race, religion, everyone’s people, at one point or another, was enslaved by another.

Jewish people were and still continue to be enslaved, thousands and thousands of years after Biblical times.

So to anyone that wants to pull that card - shut up. Because you’re no more special than anyone else.

But that’s not what this blog is about. I digress. 

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