Americans in general, and particularly educators and school children, have a very warped view of slavery, not only that of the 18th and 19th century type in America, but slavery that existed in Africa during that time, and exists to this day. Slavery, now called "trafficking in persons," is world wide and a bigger problem today involving more slaves and owners than it was during the cross-Atlantic slave trade.
Slavery and/or caste is based on a dehumanizing system that still exists in modern Africa and Asia, and you can look at any Nigerian blog or forum to become informed. But in America's schools, the memory of slavery is used to pummel school children into the belief that it was a result of evil capitalism, European greed and corrupt Christianity. They are lied to about the Founders and their struggle to eliminate it from our government long before the Civil War as they struggled to bring people of many cultures and states into an infant country.
And in order to keep peace with the Muslims, our educators, church pastors and media mavens will probably never tell the role of Arab Muslim slave traders using the interior African tribal leaders to round up and sell not only war bounty, but also religious, agricultural and domestic caste slaves for their own power and wealth. European slavers could have never managed to make it into the interior of Africa to capture and trade humans--physically it just wasn't possible. They were really low man on the totem pole of guilt and crimes against humanity for the 16th and 17th century slave trade. It was the Arabs and the Africans who made the system work.
Yes, teach American school children about the evils of slavery, but at least teach them the truth. That is is bigger today than ever, that only Christians and the U.S. government are making a dent in it, and that many modern governments still support the structures that allow a caste system among their citizens.
The Osu Caste System
Sunday, July 03, 2011
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Well, it's not bigger than ever in the US. And for that we are thankful. Overt racism still exists aplenty, there is work to be done there.
Yes, and there's work to be done in telling the truth, too.
Those darn black slaves,,, actually any colored slaves. they just asked to be caught and marched along, loaded on ships and taken to other continents. Just trying to escape malaria!!!! And the Arab slave-masters were all about making the money!! I think it's an Arab plot to make whites look bad. You are right to keep telling the truth!!
Anon 3:30 apparently thinks it's OK to own and sell slaves as long as the perp is black or Muslim. Am I reading this right?
You are so supportive of the slave masters from the US, always indicating that slavery is really the fault of Arab and black slavers who created the problem. Let the whites of prior centuries and before, many of them helped to lay out our very constitution, accept the responsibility for what they started. You indicate they bore no responsibility,,, it was the fault of the blacks and Arabs,,,, so go ahead and blame the slaves themselves. It really was economic,, and gave land owners a huge leg up.
and just one more thing,,,, it doesn't matter what the arabs and black africans were selling, no one forced the white slave owners to buy slaves. They did it because of the economic benefit it rendered them. It was wrong in 1750 and it was wrong in 1860. It was their choice,,,, a bad one, but they got richer because of it. And the rich still get richer because they can, and some of what they do is wrong, but they want to be richer.
You didn't chop cotton and I didn't own slaves, but part of resolving the problem is telling the truth about world slavery and who participated. Also, it would help the "conversation" if you read what I wrote.
Part of restoring the heritage of American blacks is NOT making their ancestors always the victims. They were also participants as much as the Europeans and Arabs who made decisions based in their own culture which included slavery.
You gotta love the lefties. Ask for a little balance in social studies and you're practically owner of a slave ship!
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