Quote: (04-20-2015 01:38 PM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:
I don't know why people still bang on about white guilt over slavery. I really don't.
Every successful empire from start to finish had slaves. The sacking of cities under siege had tactics to round up women, children and assets. A lot of men were butchered with the rest sold off as slaves across the aggressors empire or a neighbouring one through trade.
Lets also not forget there were many people of the same race enslaving their own people or selling them off and this includes black Africans at the height of the British Empire.
I don't see why this thread descended into a slave discussion.
You know that, I know that and most of us here know that.
But I think there's a lot of people, particularly among liberals, who aren't fully aware of this, or conveniently ignore it to fit their narrative.
And it's the message that's peddled in much of mainstream media, advertising, tv and movies.
'White guilt' is the go to phrase but 'Colonial guilt' might be a more accurate term for this.