Imperial Union of America wrote:Skyviolia wrote:
Maybe African Americans are that way because we have treated them like shit for the majority of American history? Maybe because the majority of blacks WERE SLAVES and servants and not Government leaders because they were FORCED to live that way?
I agree we treated minority groups in the United States very poorly in the past -- we should have never kidnapped them and forced them into servitude. But we treated Asians like shit, too. Ever heard of forced chinese labour? Japanese interment camps? and yet they are doing better than whites in this country. Don't use our past as an excuse for the failures of modern african-american culture, i think that's a mistake.G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Preposterous. The United States were founded for all men, with concessions made to history because people can be horrible. Strength comes from diversity, though integrated diversity is necessary.
Racism is natural in a society and a community. You will never have minority groups reach equality with the majority group. It only causes division and conflict. That is why, despite hundreds of years and 50 years of social engineering, our groups are still separate. Look at an ethnic map of the United States, hispanics and blacks don't want to live with whites and vis versa. We naturally separate.
Weirdly, I live next to an Italian man. You know, the Brits used to think Southern Europeans were their own race.
...I suppose I should naturally separate from him?