> Every time this conversation happens, everyone acts like the US is the only country that was ever involved in the slave trade. tldr; It's not my fault. If y

> Every time this conversation happens, everyone acts like the US is the only country that was ever involved in the slave trade. tldr; It's not my fault. If you don't like your circumstances, work hard to change them. -- Worse, caucasian americans are made to feel guilty about it, as if it were their fault (despite the fact that the perpetrators and the victims have long since been deceased.) Personally my family has only been in this country for 40-45 years. I'm sorry that slavery happened here, but it happened virtually everywhere, to all peoples (that doesn't make it right.) I grew up in a poor neighborhood (though my immediate family was middle-class.) I saw many white/african-american/hispanic folks who floundered, and some that worked their asses off, determined to succeed despite their current circumstances. It is frustrating that the race/slavery/discrimination card is used by the SJWs to provide a crutch to those who don't want to work hard towards a better lot in life. By saying this I'm opening myself up to a shitstorm of criticism because somehow the above statements must mean I'm either: A) a racist or B) that I "just I don't understand what it's like to be an african-american." To those folks I say this: Go talk to 1st generation immigrant from anywhere and you'll likely meet someone who's working his/her butt off to realize the american dream. It is a privilege to live in the USA, no matter your race or ethnicity. It truly is the land of opportunity. However, no one is going to just give you that pretty house on the hill with a white picket fence - and you're certainly not going to get it handed to you because you have a sense of entitlement because someone (severely) wronged your ancestors generations ago.