Posted on 03/20/2008 11:27:51 PM PDT by kellynla
a - how did I miss this bump
You must be wrong.
The history books tell us that black Africans were enslaved in America.
Are you suggesting that they were not free people until they reached our shores?
A big politically incorrect demerit for you,my friend—you will have to pay extra reparations under Pres Obama for such blasphemy.
No. I did not put that in my letter to the editor. I revised it and said:
“In other words, I’m not buying what you and your racist pastor are selling.”
Thought they might not print if I sent it in it’s original form.
Righto.
What I suspect is most appalling to white people is the blase black response that such blatant racism is common and accepted in the black community. This is no doubt true, but most of us have tried not to believe it.
Perhaps this whole thing could lead to a truly honest discussion about race in this country, the one liberals have been squelching for at least 30 years.
Inaccurate. I believe the only western nations to not abolish slavery before the USA were Brazil and Cuba.
Brazil was an independent nation at the time, and Cuba was a Spanish colony.
Of course, slavery hung on a lot longer, to this day in some cases, in Muslim, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern areas.
“...slavery hung on a lot longer, to this day in some cases, in Muslim, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern areas”
I thought that’w what I said.
Colonial powers in the 19th century abolished slavery in the areas under their control.
Slavery lingered the longest not in colonized areas but in independent nations and tribal areas.
IOW, the expansion of colonization in the middle and late 19th century meant the gradual end of slavery, not its expansion or toleration.
None.
Did you have anything to say about the troupe of carnival freaks Mr. No-Pants President had in HIS cabinet?
There were most defintely many African collaborators in the slave trade just as there were many French collaborators with the Nazis in World War Two.
Doesn’t make the practice any less sordid,though.
Certainly spreads the guilt
Oh,for sure.No one came out of the whole slave trade clean-Europeans,Arabs,Africans.They all were complicit and all need to be called on it.
Yes. Why do you even ask?
We need to hammer this point home. I’m tired of all of the talking heads giving him a pass and saying that they don’t think he believes what Pastor Wright said on the videos. I say we don’t KNOW that he doesn’t hold the same beliefs, AND what his wife has said about not having been proud to be an American indicates that she is in Wright’s camp.
I just checked out Krauthammer at Wikipedia. I am including an excerpt from them below. I have the greatest respect for his political/ foreign policy opinions. I would say that we need him for President, but for a couple of his views, against abortion, and the death penalty. He is magnitudes more brilliant than any of the candidates that we fielded for '08.
"In 2006, the Financial Times named Krauthammer the most influential commentator in America,[8] saying “Krauthammer has influenced US foreign policy for more than two decades. He coined and developed `The Reagan Doctrine’ in 1985 and he defined the US role as sole superpower in his essay, `The Unipolar Moment’, published shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Krauthammer’s 2004 speech `Democratic Realism’ set out a framework for tackling the post 9/11 world, focusing on the promotion of democracy in the Middle East.” "
A Krauthammer Bump!!!!
Excellent and Concise!
Can I use it in other venues?
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