However you would like to express it, I will disagree. It is not nit picking when my point is that the legacy of colonialism, which includes racism and/or belief in eminent domain, for example, are alive and well today. The systems set up then, affect all of us now. To disassociate from it as if it is not part of our fabric today (whether we speak about North, Central, South America, Africa), is not realistic to any of these swaths of areas affected by colonialism. That history is very much a part of how we all view each other today.
RE: Your ancestors guilt is not yours too... You don't own a thing because your ancestors once did...
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Your ancestors guilt is not yours too... You don't own a thing because your ancestors once did...
That is a very telling statement. In fact, does that not pretty much indicate you've made up your mind? That's one of those "No matter what facts, or evidence you may present, I will never change my mind" type of statements.
I'm not trying to attack you but I seriously would like you to think about that. It is not only dangerous, it is foolish to deal in absolutes of the mind.
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If I were blindly standing behind something I did not know first hand and/or study, then, yes, you would be correct--that would be dangerous.
Since I come from a point of study and personal experience, then, no, it's not close minded. I've considered what you posted many years ago when it was presented to me by others. To me, history is not, revisionist as it may be for most, something one can wholly divorce oneself from. Especially history that is still impacting our societies, today.
Your statement is telling to me in that I sense you need to win an argument after I've noted we won't agree that history of slavery or stolen land is not your responsibility and in my opinion, it is everyone's. We simply don't agree and life will still go on.
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