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indyjoe · 56-60, M
@MistyCee Nobody ever said it should be forgotten and ignored...it was a big part of our history and that's where it belongs...in history. Slavery happened all over the known world (and still does in some places) but it seems to be only here in the U.S. that it's still a big issue when it doesn't even exist anymore.
@indyjoe I think we are getting past a lot of the major effects, but its been a really slow process, and it really hasn't been that long when you think about it on a broader scale.
Think about Jim Crow laws, segregation, the migration of black populations out of the rural South and into Northern cities, urban flight, busing, and the economic impact of the end of slavery and the civil war itself on the South. None of this stuff is really directly about slavery, but it's all about how the descendants of slaves are integrated into, and how they're shaping the country.
"White guilt," "white rage" and reactions to those things are part of the process, too.
I'm not sure of a really good historical analogy off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are plenty of mass upheavals in history that had lasting impacts much longer. Maybe the British occupation of Ireland, or the Anglo Saxon conquest, the exiles of Jews, the crusades, etc.
I guess my point is, we're still a very young country, and it really hasn't been that long since Blacks could practically even vote in much of the South.
Think about Jim Crow laws, segregation, the migration of black populations out of the rural South and into Northern cities, urban flight, busing, and the economic impact of the end of slavery and the civil war itself on the South. None of this stuff is really directly about slavery, but it's all about how the descendants of slaves are integrated into, and how they're shaping the country.
"White guilt," "white rage" and reactions to those things are part of the process, too.
I'm not sure of a really good historical analogy off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are plenty of mass upheavals in history that had lasting impacts much longer. Maybe the British occupation of Ireland, or the Anglo Saxon conquest, the exiles of Jews, the crusades, etc.
I guess my point is, we're still a very young country, and it really hasn't been that long since Blacks could practically even vote in much of the South.