silent_storm said:
Wow...yo Jason, the words black, slave, and lucky shouldn't even be in the same sentence. Trust me, you don't know how bad slaves had it. They were dragged out of their own country where they were quite happy. Then they were forced into ships where they were packed literally like sardines. And they didnt have friggin toilets! Except for a barrel here and there that only a few people could reach anyway. And women were having their periods too. Remember this is like a month long trip. So the stench and the heat made the ship unbearable and almost suffocated them. Many slaves died just travelling from Africa. That's what I call trauma.
And at the slave auctions, they were inspected like meat, and usually were separated from their families forever.
But you're right on one thing, their owners did take care of them. But when the owner didnt live on the plantation where the slaves were working (which was quite common), he hired overseers to watch them work. These overseers didnt give an F about the slaves, and they treated the slaves horribly. I would say more, but I have to go. Peace. :duck:
I think this post should be renamed, ROOTS 2: the never-ending bullshit. Hey, did anyone here remember the mayflower? Couple month long trip with some pilgrims, you know. I mean, maybe they had flushing toilets, baths every day, and there wemon didnt have periods, BUT WHO KNOWS! And please, you act like Africa is a safe haven. People in Africa were constantly undergoing tribal wars, famines, diing of molaria, and uneducated to the point where they couldnt speak. We took them from Africa? WRONG! Blacks kidnapped blacks an sold them to whites for money.
And I especially love how Jason has to say hes not white for anyone to think hes not a racist who just saying it because hes white. The deal is, we brought blacks to a better world, gave them shelter, food, clothes, an education, and eventually freedom, and look at how they repay us. The ones that werent even slaves are STILL complaining! White people are the most discriminated in the entire world. Everywhere you go some Black guy calls you a "whity ass hoe" or a "honky" or a "cracks" or the mexicans call us "gringos". This is completely rediculous! And the Irish, what was done to them was terrible. It was HORRIBLE. The British took over part of there land, tainted there most sacred religion, and then to top it all off when disease runs through the patatoes, the Irish peoples main source of food, the British steal the good potatoes and the Irish die and are forced to make the long hard journey to America. They worked, sweat and blead, and now there a prominant people in the U.S. The reason we all feel bad for the blacks is because they still havent gone anywhere! They live on the streets, opps, I mean "hood" killing one another and not getting a job. The taxpayers pay for there wellfare and for 80% of the inmates in prisons that are black to stay in jail. So, next time you think about saying how blacks are oppressed victims, do some honest research.
Last thing. I was just wondering, would calling white people causcasian after the caucasian mountains in Russia be racist for saying all white people originate from there? And if so, would African American be racist beause blacks also come from Jamaica? pshhhh im out
