(August 9, 2016 at 9:30 am)Bella Morte Wrote:(August 7, 2016 at 4:53 pm)RobertE Wrote: What you have to realise is that many of the black population always go on about what the white population did to the African continent many centuries ago, and this is true, there is no point in disputing. However, I don't like the idea that is portrayed by BLM that if you are white, you are racist. As for prioritising, do you really think the African community in the USA give two hoots about what is happening to the people in Africa? Not one single thought. Let me tell you one thing and it winds me up the most, is the fact that Bob Geldof was the first musician to go to Ethiopia in the very early 1980s and he wanted to do something about it. Then of course, "We are the world', was released later. This is a shame that it took a white man to show the plight of starving Africans, whilst the others were too interested in their own lives.
I am in no way responsible for what some whites did centuries ago, and neither are you. I also certainly don't feel any guilt about my skin colour either.
I don't think any of the white generation of today should ever feel guilty about what happened to others. If that was the case, we would all be blaming each other until the end of time. I mean, do you think the generation of blacks in Africa today still accuse their ancestors of selling their own families to the White, Hispanic and Arab slavedrivers. Does anyone on this forum think about the Irish slaves in America, do you think their descendents of today hold all those Americans responsible for what happened to their ancestors? How about the Chinese? What about Japan and pearl harbour, or how about when Japan had an atom bomb dropped on them? As far as they are concerned, they let bygones be bygones and now outcompete the United States on most fronts. Instead of wasting your life hating, it is better to be productive and be happy, just like the Japanese.
