RE: White Man's Guilt
January 4, 2017 at 6:22 am
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2017 at 6:41 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(January 2, 2017 at 4:10 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If it wasn't him that did anything wrong, then I don't see why he should feel guilty. He can feel really bad that it happened, but feeling guilty is different.
LOL... That's rich, comming from a person, who believes, that newborn babies are guilty, because some mythical couple ate an apple thousands of years ago...
(January 2, 2017 at 3:50 pm)mcolafson Wrote: I have a question,
if a white man from Poland or Finland becomes an American citizen, should this man start feeling guilt that his Polish (or Finnish) ancestors somehow participated in the oppression of black slaves? or segregation?
No. But they should acknowledge the fact, that they now live in a country, that is much more rich than Poland, or Finland, in no small part thanks to genocide of its original occupants and centuries of slave labour. They should also realize, that having white skin helps them blend into the similarly colored majority and avoid a lot of the hassle associated with being easily identifiable at a glance, as an "other".
Nobody gives a sh*t about whether or not you feel "guilty". Get over yourself. I don't have to feel guilty, that I'm not in a wheelchair, like some people are, but if I started complaining about all the accomodations made for those less fortunate - I'd be a right a**hole and other people would be right to point it out.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
