Thinking about systemic rascism, I realize it has always been who we are. Slaves, Irish, Chinese,

We all know the words. You don't need to say them.

People know them. We've all heard them; this country is built on white supremacy. The issue with slurs is that they are used to hurt and oppress on an individual level and need to be called out, but if everyone in this country stopped using slurs, it would still be built on white supremacy. Think about your words, and then go deeper.

terms and we don't need them spelled out.

for those who do not recognize it.

Is there ANY OTHER COLOR OF POWER??? It’s White, Black, Brown, or Yellow, it’s any “color” of ?????

green ...


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slavery are extremely rare. Western Europeans' serf ancestors were enslaved, though ownership normally passed with the land rather than on the block. Much the same in China, which is why western Europe and China never got into the horrible business of importing slaves from elsewhere; they weren't needed.

And let's not get into ownership of women. Or should we? Like other forms of slavery, this still exists in many places on this planet. But not here.

understood only as a phenomenon that sprang up in our nation of immigrants, instead of being brought from every corner of the earth to this particular Petrie dish. And it certainly can't be understood without context.

Joining all those who love to wallow in what's wrong with humanity, including the intolerance and even fear of differences wired into our being to various degrees by nature, is so tediously common and counterproductive. Some get a perverse pleasure from self flagellation and resentment of others, but it's a lousy wasted self indulgence when they could instead be marveling at -- for the critically important purpose of participating in -- the great advances that are the real hallmark of modern times.

In all of human history, slavery has never been so in abeyance as now. Actual chattel slavery is mostly eliminated, though still exists. Modern slavery mostly takes other forms, which do show up in the U.S., even though illegal.

And the current surge of overt racism and other group hostilities is a major backlash by those who keep losing to our continued advances in equality. We'll know we're past this when we belatedly realize that at some point we stopped talking about racism and racial strife all the time. When we don't believe we're supposed to be constantly offended by each other and aren't interested in those who keep trying.

As for slavery, the REAL thing, the Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index, as of 2018, estimated over 46 million people are victims of modern slavery, including over 15 million in forced marriages and over 26 million in forced labor.



https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/highlights/

Excellent history of racism in the US