How does railroad slave labor justify racial prejudice against me?*


I mean, if we really want to bring history into this, I'm from Vermont... Vermont was a major artery on the Underground Railroad, the first state (actually, a repbulic at the time) in the union to abolish slavery, a hot bed of abolitionist sentiment and the state that sent (and lost) the most troops, per capita of any state in the union durring the Civil War.

One could argue that African Americans owe me something because of history.

Personally, though, I think that's asinine. I didn't do those things. Nor did I participate in the slave trade or own slaves. I think I should be judged based on who I am, what I've done and (when I've done something wrong) what I've done to make it right.

And I think it should be that way for everyone.


But that's how I was raised -- not everybody is raised that way and sadly, large segments of our population aren't really "raised" at all. Hence: A large part of this mess we're discussing.


PS: While the one link you posted that I checked was accurate for what little I skimmed of it, finding something on the internet doesn't make it true.



*And how does it absolve individuals from abusing the welfare system only because they can or a [mostly black administered/run] city of neglecting its poorest [mostly black] citizens in the face of an imminent natural disaster and then dragging it's feet/being uncooperative with Federal offials in the aftermath? How does it absolve looters of shooting at rescuers and impeeding the rescue effort in progress?