Delta4Embassy
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Or xenophobic? The first slaves kidnapped and enslaveed from African countries were tribal types. Compared to 19th century Christian slave owners, savage and primitive. But not liking people like that is understandable. Yet the popular opinion is they were racists and bigots. But were they?
Today, there is proper racism and bigotry based on superficial things like skin color. But blacks in the US today are every bit as American as the white bigots and racists who despise them. They all grew up under much the same condition and education. Compared to the slave times when blacks were foreigners of a vastly different culture and backstory.
Aren't the racists of today then completely different than those of the past? Today the hatred is based on superficiality. In the past it was a cultural difference and objection where skin color was incidental.
Today, there is proper racism and bigotry based on superficial things like skin color. But blacks in the US today are every bit as American as the white bigots and racists who despise them. They all grew up under much the same condition and education. Compared to the slave times when blacks were foreigners of a vastly different culture and backstory.
Aren't the racists of today then completely different than those of the past? Today the hatred is based on superficiality. In the past it was a cultural difference and objection where skin color was incidental.