Here’s the thing about racism I just don’t get. There are people who still hold this idea of white superiority because centuries ago Africans were stolen from their homes and sold like animals instead of being treated like the proud, individual, unique human beings they were. Then there was more oppression, and it was considered natural because ‘they used to be slaves.’ Now there’s still more, and it’s still thought of as natural by some because 'they used to be slaves.’
You know what? Fuck everyone who thinks like that. No. That is not a good reason, that is never a good reason, slavery is an indicator of a massively flawed system and the use of it to justify ANYTHING makes you a racist dick.
(I’m going to discuss other ethnicities who have been enslaved, I have a point to make, bear with me for a minute.) I’m half Scottish, a quarter Welsh–I guarantee you, somewhere along the line my ancestors were enslaved to someone, be it Romans or Greeks or Brits or whomever. There were berserkers in the Celtic Isles, they made people nervous. That last quarter? Hungarian (which makes me a true Caucasian, by the way, a descendant of the people living in the Caucasus region). And not just Hungarian: Romani. The Roma have been the scapegoats du jour for a long time. And yet, I’m white, so no one would ever dream of suggesting that, because my ancestors were once enslaved I should be treated any differently.
So here’s my question: where the fuck is the difference? We like to think of ourselves as evolved, as based in equality–bullshit. Bull. Shit.
I am ashamed to be an American on this day.
