It's amazing that George Washington's house, brother, and history of Barbados are not taught, or referred to in American History.. And that we as Americans aren't taught these things, in their reality.
As a BARBADIAN i find some people find it hard to believe some of the things that happened here,we are connected to North and South Carolina,Boston,Maryland and Virginia.We have so much HISTORY some Barbadians dont have a clue
the only way we can reconcile is if we return the trauma back to certain members of the white race who would deserve racism and brutal treatment thrown in their face.
@@travelingjohn69 brother I don’t think to return the hatred is the best way. Dignity and respect is the foundation for healing, we’ve had a black president and have a black lady as Vice President now. Let’s agree on the truth that there was oppressive laws, racism was a terrible part of our past as a nation. It happened. Let’s admit it was wrong, and work on making things right, rather than promoting revenge for the generations that were not involved?
Except from the earliest civilizations to just a couple hundred years ago slavery was a common practice. Now in most developed nations it's illegal. What is the lesson we failed to learn in regards to the enslavement of human beings?
@@GibDozer1 There's only a few Countries in the world where Slavery is still going on so I think you need to start with them if you don't know what country they are they're the same countries that have been doing it since the beginning of time to their own people Africa India any of the Eastern countries just about has it
@@michiganlineman357 no one is discrediting the fact there are still slaves today. I am just always appalled about the lengths taken to dehumanize us, even till this day
Can,t work out how these people arnt talking about the 600,000 people currently IN SLAVERY NOW ,in Africa, DO they really care or NOT,,lets talk about current slavery , Or shall i go into how as a woman im still traumatised by the witch burnings of the church ..millions burnt for useing herbs to heal and delivering babies ,,
And the worst for these poor people must have been that they were captured and sold by their own people. A double trauma as who can you trust if not your own people and they betrayed you! Reparations won't work as all the people involved are long gone and who is supposed to pay from the African side? Forgiveness only can bring permanent change.
What about Germany’s role in colonial Africa, Namibia and Tanzania, they were the breeding grounds for German Eugenics trials, and institutional racism? Why are German troops refusing to leave Mali, when the Malians have told them to leave! …what do you have to say about that?
@@rob379lqz Very 👍 true! There many places in the East that need to stop this barbaric practice of slavery and torture. Not sure they are using a British rule book though. Suppose I should say glad things aren't like this im the West.
@@rob379lqz Slavery was common place in most of the world until a few hundred years ago dating back to the earliest human civilizations. Now it's illegal in most developed nations. So yeah, he's right. Humanity has come a long way in a short time relative to our existence.
This is the past of which can consider those who have behaved that ways were in error. The problem is when nowadays in the framework of a parliamentary cooperation between the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific in one side and the European Union in the other side, where each side has its chief negotiator. In other words, the European Union has its chief negotiator and the countries of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific have a chief negotiator and that their chief negotiator is a representative of a 60-year-old bloody and dynastic tyranny in West Africa, Togo and when the Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific refer this past, it is absolutely sad and disappointing that even nowadays the minds still believe that when it comes to Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, authoritarian, brutal rulers are appropriate. This is why among nations it is the 60-year-old dynastic and bloody tyranny in West Africa that must be the chief negotiator for all these other nations. It is terrible.
How many of the wealthy and average people today would own another person if legal? It doesn’t matter the race b/c mankind is self serving at the core! Which is why slavery is a universal history, present practice in some places even among Africans and still has legs for future economics/politics. It’s wasn’t an English invention…slavery has existed far before the English among the Arabs, the Ishmaelites, the Israelites documented biblically before that. There will always be good masters and evil masters as long as mankind falls under those two categories. It’s easy to judge the past. The desensitization of the present generation is likely to lead to greater atrocities in the future. Current culture doesn’t need to classify other races as beasts to desire to enslave them. It seems all that is needed is to feel justified by vengeance upon descents or deem others stance on vaccines, politics, etc. worthy of controlling ones livelihood and resources. Could this be the start of the same hatred and evil repackaged and legalized? Us vs Them mentality destroys unity and allows for consciences to be seared when it comes to the lives of “them”. We already have a society that values property over human life. An intruder, thief and trespassers deserves death in the eyes of most. The present really isn’t any better than the past just inhuman in different legalized ways. Eh, nothing new under the sun.
It’s so common to hear Westerners accuse China of “slavery”, “genocide”, “colonialism”. But the reality is that nothing China has done remotely approaches the horror of real slavery, real genocide, and real colonialism. Applying these labels to China is doing injustice to the victims of real slavery, real genocide and real colonialism. It dilutes the horror of the actions that Western “civilisation” has historically inflicted on non-Westerners. I wish people like Nancy Peolosi, Justin Trudeau, etc would listen to a real historian tell them what real slavery, real genocide and real colonialism is like. And just as we rightly hesitate to use “Holocaust” to describe the experience that Palestinians face today, why are we so quick to use “slavery”, “genocide” and “colonialism” to describe acts by non-Westerners? We need to better calibrate our understanding of slavery, colonialism and genocide. Perhaps the Smithsonian could do something to address this.
China isn’t exempt in the world’s atrocious behavior by any means. Blood is on every nations hands. This really isn’t a them vs us issue. It’s an US (humanity’s) issue.
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204 Looks like you don't know much history. 62 countries that celebrate independence faced exploitation, brutality, thievery, racism under the British.
Indigenous American slaves were those peoples who populated the Caribbean and South and Central America before Europeans arrived. Those people were the first slaves in the region but were not hardy enough for enforced labor. Europeans then imported white convicts and indentured laborers from their own countries but those were eventually supplanted by the imported Africans. Once the Caribbean model of African proved successful it was exported to North America.
You are insufferable in your ignorance and your lack of empathy. What do his ears have to do with slavery? You wear your racism like an Olympian wears a medal. The difference is that you are a shame.
