Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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And furthermore; I will submit to you that slavery, for all its evil, was a very good thing for America, and for black people in the long run.....
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The standard of living for blacks in America VS blacks in Africa is at least 2 orders of magnitude higher today. I have a feeling that in some respects and some cohorts blacks in America were better off than African blacks even during slavery.
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But the situation in Africa is in large part created by the slave trade, and then exacerbated by colonialism - justified in large part by the sub-human view of Africans. Perpetuated by, of course, slavery.
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No. This is the guilty white apologist view and it is feel good fantasy.
Africa lacks economic freedom and the means to implement same. And it likely always will.
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