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Jakyl25 posted...

Ok, now why does it create animosity for the past. Theres a lot of cause and effect between my ancestors were enslaved and Im mad today

You really think people are just mad about what happened in the past without any connection to the sociological reality of the present day? Thats its just an old grudge that would be better off if they didnt know about it?

I think people believe that yes because of the past. I think also people treat African Americans in some cases worse because of the past and the history or otherwise we learn from school or at home.

It's why I said if it all magically disappeared, I believe America would be better off. If parents didn't pass on their racism to their kids. If people didn't blame the past for their position today. Etc. The racial divide honestly doesn't really have to be what it is in this country now.

I see my son falling into so much "passive racism" in his youth that I have to course correct all the time. Just last weekend when watch Save the Last Dance he said something I felt was troubling, and I had to talk to him about it.

Luckily every generation has gotten better and better, but ironically our past is what keeps it alive.