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Topic	School apologizes after assignment asking how slaves benefited from slavery.
A_Good_Boy 04/26/18 12:45:30 PM #57:	Sad_Face posted... A_Good_Boy posted... Sad_Face posted... I don't have a problem with the question honestly but I bet they could have gotten away with the question if they phrased it like so: "Can you think of any silver lining regarding the slaves' situation?". What was their silver lining? My question is can you think of a silver lining? Fortunately for you, I can. Had slaves not been taken to the New World, I would never have gotten to live in the beautiful place where I live now, much less be alive. My Great great Grandfather was noticed by his slave owners and they put him through medical school and so he became the first black medical doctor on the island I live. It's morbid and disturbing but there are black slaves who have benefited from opportunities that opened up from being forcefully taken to the New World. Why did he have to be a slave to be put through medical school? Why did they have to be enslaved for their descendents to come to America? And that doesn't seem like a reason for why slaves benefited from their treatment, that seems like a reason for why you're great great great grandfather benefited from it, eventually. The rest of the slave population probably has a much different opinion than the outlier that was your grandfather. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:900340095] in School apo... [t:76539593]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sad_Face posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Sad_Face posted...</cite> <quote> I don't have a problem with the question honestly but I bet they could have gotten away with the question if they phrased it like so: "Can you think of any silver lining regarding the slaves' situation?". </quote> What was their silver lining? </quote> My question is can you think of a silver lining? Fortunately for you, I can. Had slaves not been taken to the New World, I would never have gotten to live in the beautiful place where I live now, much less be alive. My Great great Grandfather was noticed by his slave owners and they put him through medical school and so he became the first black medical doctor on the island I live. It's morbid and disturbing but there are black slaves who have benefited from opportunities that opened up from being forcefully taken to the New World.</quote> Why did he have to be a slave to be put through medical school? Why did they have to be enslaved for their descendents to come to America? And that doesn't seem like a reason for why slaves benefited from their treatment, that seems like a reason for why you're great great great grandfather benefited from it, eventually. The rest of the slave population probably has a much different opinion than the outlier that was your grandfather. --- Who is? I am!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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