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I think I understand your point. Not to be argumentative, but the slave trade was a global enterprise. Beyond that, US support of European colonial rule, US s
by gricardo99 10y ago
I think I understand your point. Not to be argumentative, but the slave trade was a global enterprise. Beyond that, US support of European colonial rule, US support for apartheid South Africa, the war in Vietnam, there are many examples. These all had their racist overtones, if not outright racist justifications. I don't believe such a hegemonic culture/country has managed to keep its racist elements contained within its borders.
- tptacek 10y agoI'm not disputing that racism is endemic to humanity and prevalent in all cultures. I'm saying that the US is unique in having racism challenges that impact all its citizens on a day-to-day basis, directly, in ways that it is actively struggling to mitigate and/or metabolize. I'm not making a moral argument, just a descriptive one. You keep responding as if to rebut an argument that the US is the world capital of slavery, or that the Europeans somehow have clean hands. I'm the wrong person to have that argument with.