Originally Posted by CharmCityKid
gordon gecko...
i please show me where i said that we are innocent. i am not saying we shouldn't be as affluent as other nations (see: races). i'm just saying that slavery did a real number on us and the effects still linger to this day, definitely on a subconscious level whether u know it or not. and we won't even get into the fact that we still haven't received reparations.
u cannot make light of the lasting effects slavery has had and still has on us to this day.
us, the chosen ppl or the decendants of the 12 tribes of Israel were "sacttered across the 4 corners of the earth" as part of our punishment for our transgressions against The Most High.
**EDIT**
if u believe the bible is not real, that is on you. now i do believe it has been changed and "tainted" over time due to translation and other reason, but i totally disagree with u just flat out saying the bible isn't real.
and are u really gonna sit there and say that slavery has absolutely nothing to do with our situation today?? our whole situation today, however u look at, is still based off of slavery because we would't be here if not for slavery.
also, we are still enslaved here in america today. there are just no physical chains, but the chains are def. there and they are very real. today's chains are mental, spiritual, psychological, social and demographical, and financial.
i mean, i suppose it is just by chance that inner city schools don't have the same education or resources as other more affluent, academically respected schools that just so happen to be in suburban areas. and i guess it is just by chance that there is a liquor store and a church on every street corner here in baltimore and pretty much every hood/inner city/minority dominated area in america.
and i guess it was just by chance that crack was unleashed on the poor, minority dominated inner cities across this country, huh??