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I was reading the news. They were talking about U.K. almost apology for the slave trade. Which is fine. Slavery was a horrible act that stains the books of history. What annoyed me about the article was they had an African descendant say that the apology was not enough. That the U.K. Should also make reprimands and send money to those who still suffer for the past history.
Lets get into this a little bit here. Yes I am a white American. I can trace my family roots back to 1695 (one of my side hobbies) but in all that history I can not find one bit of proof that my family held slaves. (I did find one case where one of my family members were imprisoned by the north for helping free slaves just before the start of the civil war.) so if some one was to come to me and say I need to pay for the repression of their race I would have to laugh at them.
As to this women who said that the U.K. Should pay I say why not make the African nations pay as well. Why would i say that? A little known fact of the whole slave trade thing was that the vast majority of slaves from Africa were sold into slavery by their own people. Tribes would take prisoners and sell them to slavers for an assortment of payments. The biggest guilty nation of this is Nigeria. Which is how the slur nigger came about. Since most slaves came from the Nigerian coast most slave owners called them niggers. It wasn't until much after slavery that the term became a slur. I do not care to us that term and cringe using it twice but it was a point I felt had to be made.
Anyways back to the main rant. I'm not saying that the people who held slaves were saints. They were not by far. But before you start singling out some one or a group of people for some sin caused in the past you should make sure you get everyone responsible for it. Slavery was not only a white thing Africans had a lot to do with it to. So don't hold the slave holding nations responsible hold the suppliers responsible as well.
Do you hold the drug addict responsible or the drug dealer. I say both.