Why present day African Americans should be thankful their ancestors were brought here as slaves.
A large percent of Blacks who were brought here as slaves were from the following countries: Gambia, Angola, Senegal, and Republic of Congo Here are the current literacy and life expectancy rates from those countries. Gambia-life expectancy 64 years and literacy 52 percent; Angola- 55 years & 70 percent literacy; Senegal-61 year life expectancy & 50 percent literacy; Republic of Congo-59 years life expectancy & 79% literacy. As a comparison Finland and Greenland have a 100 percent literacy rate and life expectancy of 88 years. All 4 of these African countries have been found guilty of human rights violations by the United Nations. I doubt if many African Americans would rather live in the countries of their ancestors.
sierratr wrote:
A large percent of Blacks who were brought here as slaves were from the following countries: Gambia, Angola, Senegal, and Republic of Congo Here are the current literacy and life expectancy rates from those countries. Gambia-life expectancy 64 years and literacy 52 percent; Angola- 55 years & 70 percent literacy; Senegal-61 year life expectancy & 50 percent literacy; Republic of Congo-59 years life expectancy & 79% literacy. As a comparison Finland and Greenland have a 100 percent literacy rate and life expectancy of 88 years. All 4 of these African countries have been found guilty of human rights violations by the United Nations. I doubt if many African Americans would rather live in the countries of their ancestors.
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I thought I was the only one on this site who understood this reality.
I'm pleased that you were brave enough to speak the truth.
When I was a young boy, we called them colored people.
Back then they were kind and humble.
My father hired only colored workers up until after MLK was killed.
But during the civil rights movement we lost many of them.
But my fathers most trusted employee still lives on our property in a house that my father had built for he and his family.
His two daughters are both health care professionals and his son owns a business in Brownwood Texas.
I love colored people, but "black" people suck, big time.
It saddened and amazed me that "Boil the Pigs" type Blacks were being invited into the White House by the previous administration.
sierratr wrote:
It saddened and amazed me that "Boil the Pigs" type Blacks were being invited into the White House by the previous administration.
I believe that blacks in America are the victims of their own children.
The present generation of young blacks are lost and beyond rescue.
I used to blame their self serving leaders but even they now seem obsolete compared to this new Black Lives Matter fiasco.
I'm sick of these spooks, but I would still like to see them cured of their stupidity.
Shared a home with a black. I'm white. (3 years)
I ended a race conversation with this simple question.
"I can NOT speak for all the ins & outs of slavery..I was not alive.
Neither were you?"
"But, somehow someway, are you glad you now live in America?"
His reply..."YES!"
I rest my case.
ThunderBolt
There are more Americans who are not in prison than are in prison. Does that mean we should ignore the violence in our country?
sierratr wrote:
There are more Americans who are not in prison than are in prison. Does that mean we should ignore the violence in our country?
No...it means we shouldn't say that all Americans are violent, nor characterize such a large group by a small subset.
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