@OneEyedDiva. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this. It is a very sensitive subject. I will not even begin to say I understand, I have no have a clue how our black community feels about the history that brought them to America and the horrors they suffered. To be kidnapped, taken to a strange place and treated badly.
I think whomever wrote these words made only one mistake, that they were treated as 2/3 a human being, when in truth, they were not treated at all as a human being. It is a disgusting thing to recognize the truth of it. Same thing with the rise of Hitler against the Jewish people, the horror, how did anyone allow that to happen, after we had already seen the horror of slavery. The fact remains, there are people, parts of the world that still behave in a horrible manner toward other humans. Countries that do not allow for the education of children. Who do not allow women to pursue education or involvement in any activity outside the home. They must be subservient to all things in marriage even if they have the capability to do so much more. Daughters may be castrated at a young age, forced into a marriage not of their choice. Killed if they break the rules of their country or do anything that might be taken as disrespectful of their families. Even so called religious people like the Amish do not educate past the eighth grade so the children are not exposed to the world.
My question is who knows what these children, these young people could accomplish with education. There could be doctors, dentists, engineers, veterinarians, biologists that could return to their communities making life better for so many. I guess we will never know because even though things have changed we still have those that will spew filth and hate only because it was passed to them by previous generations. It is sad and heartbreaking but we have a long way to go until this stops.
