One White Man’s View…
Slavery was far from some kind of humanitarian effort by white people to uplift blacks. Anyone who believes that pile of crap is blind to the actual practice of slavery.
Make no mistake, if they were taught any “trade”, it absolutely wasn’t meant to benefit the slave; it was to benefit the master. Ultimately, slave labor was used to either save or produce money for the “owner.”
Of course there were slaves that served as more than field hands. Some were overseers, wagon drivers, or blacksmiths, and some were cooks, housekeepers, wet nurses and child caregivers. Many were designated as breeders, meant to produce offspring (free labor) for the slave owner. In any case, all of the trades and task performed by slaves were to benefit the master.
And while slavery (in terms of ownership) did finally end, the imposed subservient position of black Americans has endured for decades. To many, blacks weren’t even considered second class citizens. They have been persecuted, segregated, discriminated against, beaten and lynched; in most cases for nothing more than the color of their skin.
When teaching critical race theory is challenged and eliminated from public education, we are whitewashing actual American history for the benefit of white America’s guilt.
Ok, so no American actually owns another human being today, but the lasting impact from slavery is still obvious in this country. As a whole, blacks are still educationally, socially and economically disadvantaged. White America should feel guilty and our children should be exposed to the sins of racial discrimination.
As a wise young Jewish girl once said, “What’s done can’t be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again” (Ann Frank “The Diary of a Young Girl” 1947).
Black lives do matter… and we shouldn’t erase history, we should learn from it and strive to do better and never let the worst of it happen again.
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