3 ms·
As I read this, and the comments, I'm struck by how the legacy of slavery has left what feels like incurable trauma on everyone involved. It feels like generati
by xrd 4y ago
As I read this, and the comments, I'm struck by how the legacy of slavery has left what feels like incurable trauma on everyone involved. It feels like generational trauma that will take generations to resolve. White and black, everyone has suffered immensely. There is more focus on the suffering of the slaves, as it should be, and white people involved also suffered emotionally and with other terrible consequences. It's a pity this discussion feels like people finding a side and trying to out-trauma the other side, instead of just recognizing how awful this was for everyone. And what that means for the future.
- cocacola1 4y ago> It feels like generational trauma that will take generations to resolve. I agree with your point there. In the United States, at least, you have 246 years of slavery (1619 – 1865), followed by 100 years of systemic racism, massacres, lynchings, terror, etc. (1865 – 1965), followed by continual attempts at suppression (1965 – now) and racism, though it has significantly improved. In several generations, it'll be better than it is now, so long as people don't try to forget the past.