View Single Post
  #98 (permalink)  
Old 04-13-2008, 04:16 AM
rsather139's Avatar
rsather139 rsather139 is offline
Mercenary
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 274
Location: Seattle
Country:
Quote:
Originally Posted by revolutionrocker View Post
there were slaves way before the romans dating back to the neolithic time periods.
Yes, but slavery was almost never based on race. Hell, the whole concept of race as we think of it wasn't being developed until the 1700s. Most slaves were people who were conquered by another nation.

And I agree that blacks (I am white, fyi) need to pick themselves up, but we are not giving them all of the tools that they need in order to do so.

We live in a society that is still in the process of geting over racism.
__________________
"It is dangerous to be right on matters where the established authority is wrong."
-Voltaire
Reply With Quote