(06-28-2019, 02:54 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Russel Wilson recently made a comment about immigration and qualified his position with the trope "As a Descendant of Slaves" etc. etc. With all the talk of reparations, I thought it would be worth pointing out that slavery is probably one of the most ubiquitous institutions in human history.  If you go back far enough, everyone everywhere is descendant of a slave.  And historically Slavery isn't exclusive to blacks.  In fact, the term SLAVE is derivative of SLAV who were a European ethnic group more historically associated with Slavery than Africans.  

Why is the left allowed to perpetuate the FEELING that slavery only started in 1776 as an institution created by whites for blacks?

The ancient Egyptians enslaved Israelites. I'm pretty sure the word used for them was not a derivative of Slav.

Russel Wilson is a descendant of slaves brought to this country legally. Our government sanctioned the practice and was responsible.The bad guy is easily identified. Whether or not you think reparations are justified, your idea that we all descended from slaves is not only untrue, it's irrelevant.

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