Also called the “March of the Abolitionists,” the #SoSorry movement is dedicated to bringing “an apology for the role of Europeans in the Atlantic slave trade,” and its leaders seek to discover how they “can make amends and repair the damage.” Their idea of making amends apparently involves white people of all ages dressing themselves in yokes and chains and marching around in a pathetic display of self-hatred and white guilt. Worryingly, this movement has apparently even been incorporated into the curriculum of predominantly white schools across Europe. So, do you agree with the movement or do you think it’s completely ridiculous? Do you think it’s rational for white people to feel this guilty about crimes committed by their ancestors from several hundred years ago?
I agree with the movement and am glad to see whites making up for what their race has done.
I disagree with the movement and think white people today shouldn’t be held responsible for the wrongdoings of their distant ancestors.
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This apparently took place from 2002 to 2007, as mentioned by a couple people, but that doesn’t change that it’s still the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve also noticed that this mindset has become increasingly common since the time of this campaign.
The British Empire was one of the first to abolish slavery and the first to enforce it with it's global naval hegemony in the Victorian era, also it seems that left-wing degenerates fail to realise that slavery itself has been going on since the dawn of time.
The Portuguese and Spanish had a big hand in the transatlantic slave trade, infact Portugal was the kingdom that initiated the enslavement of West Africans long before the Atlantic slave trade actually began.
Self-hatred from Whites and forcing whites to apologise for something they never did, will merely make far-right fundamentalist groups grow larger in influence.
What about the role that many Africans themselves had in the Atlantic Slave Trade? It was called "Trade" for a reason. A lot of African nations, groups, and tribes willingly helped Europeans round up others that were considered enemies and competition for food and land. The notion that the continent was filled with only victims is absurd. There were plenty of Africans that were more than happy to selfishly participate and betray their neighbors for goods and power. Why aren't their descendants made to apologize for their role in the atrocities?
Thats ridiculous. They werent alive several hundred years ago. Thats so stupid. Do you give the death penalty to the children of criminals? The black people today didn't even live through the event. Yes, there are issues but they were never slaves.
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I agree now if we could get the Africans and muslims to do the same for all the slaves they took from Europe that would be great.
So I guess we should also hold the blacks who sold their own kind into slavery to the Europeans reasonable as well? It was after all called the slave trade for a reason, a lot of Africans had a direct hand in selling their own kind into slavery.
Slavery still exists within certain black countries to this day.
What about the Arabic slave trade the longest lasting, biggest and most brutal slave trade in all of history? Should we hold All Arabs reasonable?
And why should I feel guilty about a lifestyle I took no part in? Hell my ancestors fought to free the slaves and so did many other white american's. As there were 2.75 million soldiers that took part in the civil war.
Never forget your freedom was payed with the lives and blood of two million union soldiers.
Yeah I'm gonna go with a no for $2000, Alex. This just looks like a joke. And a mockery. And it solves nothing. How about a movement for some of the current things going on today? Slavery happened and it was horrendous and that will NEVER change. But looking at this just makes me cringe. I understand wanting to be aware of what happened in the past and all, but... I just... I don't even know.
This is quite stupid. There is no point in being sorry since they have had absolutely nothing to do with it.
The character of the march is stupid, let's make that absolutely clear.
Now, is it bad to denounce practices by said group? No, it's not. It's good, if it was especially bad. But they are taking it to another level. There is no point in potentially framing the population at this point as those who perpetrated the crime, while they have had nothing to do with it.
However I don't see where "this movement has apparently even been incorporated into the curriculum of predominantly white schools across Europe". Yes, it's normal to talk about the past regarding slavery. Yet as far as I know (limited to the Netherlands) the curriculum does not include promoting white-guilt. The shit the Dutch historically did across the globe is rather glossed over. Might be in different countries, but I can't imagine it being like that.
As a black woman, this makes me cringe. I definitely feel that a couple of days of educating kids on the history is needed because there are some states that don't discuss it at all. I know a homeschooling mom that is teaching her kids that it never existed. There are people who don't even completely understand what the Civil War was about so I definitely think there should be more emphasis on it but not like this. I see that they are trying to empathize, but I have never been through these things so I couldn't want someone else to endure what I've never been through on behalf of me.
hahahaha I love it when people try and claim my ancestors were slave owners because my ancestors were about the only people who did not own slaves. Actually my ancestors were enslaved for a time best I can tell and I am white. people need to learn how to read and study up and stop trying to relive stuff that has been done and over for a long time.
I have never felt guilty about my skin colour and never will. This is racist. It puzzles me why people focus on one part of history, you could pick a different time and make any race look bad if you judge everyone by what maybe 5% of rich people did. It's not like every white person owned an African it was the wealthy elite. Its like people in my country being pissed off at the ancestors of vikings, they came raped and killed a lot of us several times.
And I thought people can't surprise me anymore... I understand people should be acknowledged about the slavery and all but this is pointless, I would be angry if I had to do this in my country Nobody is actually sorry lol probably most do it because they have to, which makes the whole things pointless
Well I guess it's better than our other movement where someone somehow convinced literally hundreds of thousands of white people to dress up as ghosts kill people and burn crosses
Rascism aside you wonder how they don't just realize how stupid they look
I love that people who feel "white guilt". They are my favorite punching bags. I know they are immune to reason, but not to humiliation, and this is the only thing that can bring them back to reality.
I don't know but it sounds really stupid because whats done is done, you can't "make amends and repair the damage" by acting like a slave or something. Amd of course white people shouldn't be held responsible for what their ancestors did.
That is like us saying that people from Germany born way after the 3rd Reich are all nazis and should be punished for the holocaust like this is stupid
Stupid, we didn't do anything. Our ancestors did but we didn't do anything. I think it's also stupid of dark coloured people to pull the racist card. It's all history you wernt there get over it.
thank god most people think that only whites and Arabs did slavery (PS we Somalis enslave other people for thousands of years but thankfully only few fuckers know about that xD, I'm ashamed of what my people did obvs but it's history)
but how is this making it up to black slaves who are long dead.. if i were black i would be embarrassed to have any white person do this. it looks as degrading as re slaving them all
So it seems. Ah well, it’s still completely stupid regardless of when it happened, and this is the kind of mindset I’ve personally noticed a lot in recent years.
It doesn't do any good to anyone (rather humiliating for the p people who are in the yokes - for crimes they're not responsible for). Upliftment of the oppressed would be better than self-hatred.
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