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Originally Posted by Seaver
I don't understand this white guilt. My ancesters never colonized anyone, they never enslaved a single black, yet I'm constantly told by our own culture that because I'm white I owe things to people. That to me is like asking a Mongol today to apologize to Arabs because of the whole Baghdad/Damascus thing. It's absolutely ubsurd that the sins of the great-great-great grandfather should fall on us now.
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My ancestors were slave owners and KKK members, and I have African American ancestors that I can only assume were slaves. My ancestors forced Cherokees to march to Oklahoma, and my ancestors were Cherokees and Choctaws on that forced march. Do I feel angry about my mistreated family? Nope. Do I feel guilty that I have racists in my family tree? Nope. *I* make who I am today, not the past sins/victimization of my ancestors. I don't feel white guilt. No human on this planet, neither living nor dead, has ever been perfect.