Slavery is REALLY old...

Slavery is, and was, a crime against humanity. But for one to thunder from a pulpit or offer a personal opinion that it is `a wrong that has never been made right' is to assume a proprietary right to think that slavery was one-sided.

From the first raid of one village by another where captives were taken you had slavery. With that thought in mind, there is not a person alive on this planet that has not had relatives somewhere in their family lineage that was a slave. This is not unique to Black Americans. To try to make it so is to show ignorance of the facts.

Slavery is a part of history that predates an earth bound Christ by many years. I would think that; if a Grandfather of mine, many times removed, had survived a slave ship long enough to plant the seed that allowed me to be a part of this great country, I should be proud of him, and maybe even thank the sorry beggar that sold him into slavery.

In regards to the Black American fixation on the past slavery in this country I would like to ask the question; "If there had never been a single black African native transported from the likes of countries such as Kenya or Uganda to this country as a slave, where would their relatives be today?" The next question might be; "where would they rather be?" A truthful answer puts the question of a `righted wrong' to rest.

As far as racism is concerned many of us would probably prefer a voluntary segregation. The proof of this is the way we tend to migrate toward neighborhoods that offer some familiarity. Racism is a personal thing that is based on a multitude of stimuli and will always be with us. To say "America is ready for a black President" is racial, for to elect someone based on his or her race is blatantly racism. The use of the 'race card' is down to a science, and we have many skilled in its use.