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* 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
by 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.