The problem with the ideology of slavery that is perpetuated here in the US seems to have one goal which is to divide us by race. The unfortunate truth to this drives a stake between white and black Americans. The United States was only responsible for 5% of the entire worlds import of slaves from Africa, most ended up in South America up until the 1860’s.

All races and religions have had times and periods of enslaving and enslavement. This shows that it’s a humanity issue, not a “white person in the US circa 2019” problem.

Point in case the Barbary Wars in 1815 versus Tripolian pirates (whom were Islamic extremists) which were of mixed colors and enslaved between 1 to 1.5 million people from Europe, Africa, and as far north as Ireland. You had three choices if caught by them: convert to Islam, die, or be enslaved and sold/ransomed.

The ugly truth is that people suck. As long as humans are on this planet, chaos and evil will always exist. Just like slavery still does in parts of the world, which conveniently gets ignored...

My personal beliefs stand at this, if you live in this country you can consider yourself lucky no matter how you or your descendants arrived. If you love this country, you are my brother, you’re my sister.

I’ve seen some $h!t that puts the greatness of our country and the principles it was built on that allows us to continue pushing societal norms in the correct direction. We all have growing pains and choices that will always follow us. Slavery, civil war, women’s suffrage, and segregation will always be in our history despite what certain groups try to remove. These things stand to remind us that we are an imperfect union continually pushing for a “More Perfect Union”.

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