Does anyone think that the black American was lucky to be taken away from Africa?

globalies

Obviously the slaves taken to America were not lucky, anyone who would argue such a point would be hopelessly stupid.

HOWEVER, I'm seeing alot of misinformation here. There is absolutely no way historians today can estimate how many Africans total died in the African-American slave trade (much less those who are "at the bottom of the Atlantic") accurately. 100 million? Highly doubtful; that's an arbitrary figure at best.

Also, don't fall into the typical "white-vs-black trap." What I mean by this is simply that Europeans alone did not conduct the slave trade. Arab nations began capturing and enslaving blacks en masse HUNDREDS of years before Europeans did. Also, opportunistic African chieftains and military rivals participated in the slave trade by selling Africans of opposing tribes in exchange for goods. Does this justify the European participation in the slave trade? Not at all! My message is that we must keep a balanced view of history

Human suffering can never be quantified, but it's our duty as thinking individuals not to give in to exaggerated claims about the scale of the African slave trade. Slavery is rightly villified for what it did to the Africans that were taken, but some go to far and balloon figures out of proportion for "shock" value. Do we really need such exaggerated, unrealistic figures put out for the public to convince people that the slave trade committed great evil? Even a single slave being taken should be enough to convince us of that! Ballooning figures out of proportion only gives those who would wish to diminish the evil of the slave trade ammunition to use against you...

Aurelia KMNO4

No. I know plenty of Africans and they seem to be happy and to have a great sense of pride in where they come from. There are some really rough places in Africa, but you must remember that it has several countries, some of which are pretty well developed. Many black people still face a lot of discrimination in the United States also, so I wouldn't say that it was a lucky thing that they were brought to America.

www.scapegoatz.com

Not really, consider this . more than one hundred million slaves are at the bottom of the atlantic ocean from the slave trade. We made sure their culture was detroyed. We said they where not human. Then in the new world they where nothing more than property , thought of as less then dogs. We still see the problems to this day.

king Ebanks of USA

now that a sweet way to justify slavery
Go out and rent Amistad or Roots

weechi

i'm not black, but i don't think an black person would totally agree with what you are saying. they were sold into slavery, and this also perpetuated mistreatment for centuries to come.

i don't think this is an arguement you really want to get into, and i don't think it helps to play the "what if" game either. but something about what you are saying doesn't sound right to me, and i'm certain it won't sit well with many african americans today.

oh yeah...and a large reason for why africans live the way they do...it's mistreatment from white people who came to africa and took over, and also religious persecution (ie muslims vs... well, everyone else.)

Jacob S

No, I'm not black but don't think you can describe the plight of African Americans as "lucky"

The REBELution!

Most white Americans don't like to remember that their nation was founded by slave owners whose sole interest in freedom was to avoid paying English taxes on all those slaves they owned. Likewise, Americans generally either don't know or don't want to know that they live such fat, comfortable lives because their government insinuates itself into poorer countries all around the world, overthrowing democracies and replacing them with dictatorships propped up by death squads, just so that the poor of those nations can be exploited and the natural resources stolen... and, all of it, just so Americans can have all the cheap, easily disposable crap that they just love to waste their sheer wealth on. The US was built upon slavery and is maintained today by de facto slavery all around the world. Worst of all, despite glaring examples of institutional racism in the US every single day, most white Americans want to pretend that racism no longer exists and will not even begin to deal honestly over the racism that is still there in their government, their society, and in themselves.

Me-She

No. Taking people away from their homeland against their will isn't considered lucky in my mind. Who's to say that they wouldn't have come here by choice at some time in their lives? There are people who came to America from other countries besides Africa who also have dark skin, ya know!

angelline j

no because they were takin 2 be slave

Jordan

They were taken to the land of freedom to be slaves !! How Ironic !! slavery is slavery, I'd rather live in the poorest country on earth but to be free.

DAR

I don't think it was fortunate for the ancestors. It was a clear violation of their rights. However, I do think it was fortunate for the descendants.

Lost. at. Sea.

Huh? Your question doesn't deserve a serious answer.
Is like saying that your are happy because your drug business is making a lot of money.

ProUSA2

UR personal therapist
You keep copying and pasting this same cr*p over and over.
Africans' OWN countrymen rounded them up from the villages, brought them to the ports and SOLD them into slavery to Dutch traders that brought them around the world.
Don't blame ONLY "white Americans" for slavery.
We didn't have "white Pilgrims" sailing into Africa to get slaves....
Study UR history people.
There was MORE than one guilty party when it came to slavery....

sYnDiA

Dude, I'm pretty happy to be here.

billy d

I suppose that is a good point, but Africans suffering was terrible for nearly five hundred years, and today black people suffer in ways that others don't because of the generational effects that they've had to suffer.

Alexis

i don't know.,

lucien_kastner

The blacks didn't like slavery, but they can't deny that they are better off living in America than in Africa. Even the quality of life in the inner city ghettos are better than life in Africa.

Muhammad Ali thought so too. He had a boxing match with George Foreman back in 1974 in Zaire called Rumble in the Jungle. After the fight was over and the victorious Ali returned to America, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of Africa. He replied, "Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat."

us citizen

You wouldn't know it by listing to them. Everybody owes them. I wish I could afford tickets for each and everyone that wants to return there. There are many ,many good black people. Its the people sitting on their butts breading like rats that make me mad. There are some white trash like that too. Tell me one country that blacks have made better with their presents.

MR TADS

blacks of today are the lucky ones. but their ancestors
paid the price.

illegals_r_cowards

Yes, the ancestors of those brought here as slaves are definitely lucky to be HERE and not starving in Africa!

warning

yea, but they gotta have a mule and 40 acres or it just ain't right.

porcerelllisman q

Yes, they are very fortunate to be here. If not for slavery, the blacks would be running naked through the jungles, hunting game with spears and blow guns. They would be starving to death, or dying of aids. Now, they get a free living in the USA at the working taxpayers expense. They should thank God for slavery.

thewholeeight

I think every ***** living in the US today should THANK GOD that slavery existed, and that they aren't, and never had to, live in the African hellhole.

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