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Why should you feel evenly remotely guilty, you're not a coloniser, you're not even the ancestor of a coloniser (not that I think ancestors should in any way fe
by randomcarbloke 3y ago
Why should you feel evenly remotely guilty, you're not a coloniser, you're not even the ancestor of a coloniser (not that I think ancestors should in any way feel responsible for the actions of their forebears)
- Karellen 3y ago* descendant But also, while I agree that you shouldn't feel guilty or responsible for the actions of your ancestors, if those ancestors put in place a system of inequality, and some of that inequality persists to this day, which you benefit from while the descendants of those oppressed are still suffering from, don't you think that's at least worth acknowledging? And maybe considering that those who are still suffering because of an unresolved systemic marginalisation don't deserve to?
- randomcarbloke 3y agoIt would be impossible to determine to what extent those ancestors were responsible for that oppression then or hence. It would be impossible to measure how much the descendant in question benefitted from that or continues to. One might acknowledge that one's ancestors were participants in systems of oppression without judgement...I'll concede to that.