My point was that we don't actually need to be reminded of slavery in 2015. Quite the contrary, we should all just forget about it and move on, including black people.
This has nothing to do with slavery. It is pointing out the reality of the situation of the time for black people (years after the emancipation of slaves).
It has a modern equivalent: the sitdown chat every black boy has with his parents about how to behave with police officers.
Oh, right. I wasn't paying enough attention. Either way, the idea of bringing the guidebook up is to make us white people feel bad about something we had no part in.
Usually it's slavery that's brought up for the same purpose.
As for the police, "Mountainspirit" is largely correct, and black people are way overrepresented in violent crime statistics in the US. Feel free to look it up. But that's a perfectly fine reason for the (well-meaning) police to pay more attention to black people in particular.
My point was that we don't actually need to be reminded of slavery in 2015. Quite the contrary, we should all just forget about it and move on, including black people.
(Note that this comment is, in fact, not racist)
This has nothing to do with slavery. It is pointing out the reality of the situation of the time for black people (years after the emancipation of slaves).
It has a modern equivalent: the sitdown chat every black boy has with his parents about how to behave with police officers.
Oh, right. I wasn't paying enough attention. Either way, the idea of bringing the guidebook up is to make us white people feel bad about something we had no part in.
Usually it's slavery that's brought up for the same purpose.
As for the police, "Mountainspirit" is largely correct, and black people are way overrepresented in violent crime statistics in the US. Feel free to look it up. But that's a perfectly fine reason for the (well-meaning) police to pay more attention to black people in particular.