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Originally Posted by Option84
I read the article. It basically proclaims that racism barely exists in in North America, only uses selected examples to suggest that all non-western literature is primitive and the west is "the only" society that has abolished slavery.
This segment from articles sums it up pretty well: "Slavery, even more than colonialism, was wrong and harmful to the people who lived under it. But paradoxically, and against the wishes of the slave owners, it also was the transmission belt that brought Africans into the orbit of Western freedom."
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I doubt your first sentence...at least for your first post. As for the rest, this article is the opinion of the writer. AND no it doesn't basically proclaim that racism barely exists in North America, it says....
I conceded, of course, that racism exists, but I challenged Jackson to show me racism today that is strong enough to prevent him or me or his children or my daughter from achieving our basic aspirations—from going to college, starting a business, exercising the basic rights of citizens, etc. Jackson insisted that racism in America is as strong as ever, and that any appearances to the contrary are due to the fact that racism has gone underground....which I agree with. There is a whole lot more to this article which you have chosen to ignore.
"Slavery, even more than colonialism, was wrong and harmful to the people who lived under it. But paradoxically, and against the wishes of the slave owners, it also was the transmission belt that brought Africans into the orbit of Western freedom."
Would you like to debate this point? Would any African-American really want to trade places with someone in
Harare?