That's right. Slaves who came here were lucky. They got to live.
Unlike the African slaves who were taken to the islands and South America. Many of them died of tropical diseases. If you believe the reports, very few of those going elsewhere survived. BTW there were many indentured servants who were also sent to the Islands and South American. They didn't survive.
The slaves who came to America were the luckiest. They came to the land of opportunity.
They are the only group that hasn't taken advantage of that opportunity.
Ladyjane: “The slaves who came to America were the luckiest. They came to the land of opportunity.”
Of course that’s right — first because, if you had to be a slave, then the USA was the place to be one, and second, once freed from slavery, African Americans quickly became the wealthiest people of African descent in the world.
No argument about that.
Ladyjane: “They are the only group that hasn’t taken advantage of that opportunity.”
Too true of some, but certainly not all.
Indeed, most of recent pathologies amongst poor blacks have the same root causes and symptoms as amongst poor whites: Big Government welfare programs intended to keep poor people dependent, unemployed and unmarried.
After all, if the government supplies your every need, why go looking for a job, or a spouse?