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Date Posted: 14:17:47 04/28/02 Sun
Author: Julia
Subject: Re: Slavery
In reply to: Keith 's message, "Slavery" on 17:03:09 04/27/02 Sat

Although my feelings are not as strong on the subject, I do agree with Keith on some issues. Instead of trying to repair the past by paying off the oppresed. Learn from the past. I apologize for the cliche but don't repeat it. Acknowledge what happened in the past, and don't allow for things to continue in the future. I don't believe that monetary reparation are the answer. A public apology and a museum or monument wouldn't hurt but it certaining doesn't make up for what happened.

>All this talk about slavery reparations for events
>that have happened over a century ago is frankly
>ticking me off. Some say that we need to pay the
>family members of former slaves and others say we
>should instead just remember what happened so we don't
>repeat history.
>
>Excuse my language, but FUCK THAT! Everytime you buy
>Nike shoes, or Gap pants, or get yourself a Taco, you
>perpetuate slavery. Slavery isn't a thing of the
>past, because we're still committing it. Even in this
>very city, there are sweat shops where illegal
>immigrants work long hours, with no wages in order to
>pay back their forroom and board as well as the fees
>for them to end up in "The Land of the Free". Don't
>you just love the irony?
>
>When I hear of people asking for reparations for
>crimes of the past, I just get enraged. Do you see me
>asking to be paid for those that were interned for
>years at Angel Island? Do you see me whining for
>money because of all those exploited Chinese
>immigrants that died or suffered during the building
>of our transcontinental railroad system? NO! Because
>it's stupid to. What's done is done, we just need to
>learn from it. But judging from what I see, we're all
>pretty stupid and haven't learned a damned thing from
>our past. I'm sorry to just go off on everyone in
>general like this, but it's just so frustrating to see
>people griping about little matters of the past when
>there are major matters in the present that need to be
>addressed.
>
>There are starving children dying around the world,
>some in this country. There are millions
>exploited...hell, billions. If you want to look at
>slavery in all different aspects, we in some aspects
>are slaves to the government and large corporations.
>Well, I'm too riled up right now to get into further
>debate... I'm gonna wait till I cool off a bit...
>But we should all just step back and look at the big
>picture before nitpicking at little things...

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Re: Slavery -- Keith, 15:09:00 04/28/02 Sun