Peace...
Our struggle began when we realized that we were unwilling participants in a system of servitude slavery. Black Africans began to struggle against the "system" right away....
We rebelled, we planned uprisings, we staged demonstrations...We fought the system.
Why were we fighting again? Oh yea, because as human beings we were disatisfied with the prospects of living a life of slavery. We wanted to be free....
In the beginning the struggle had no real form, the objectives were broad, and unrefined. The children of Africa just wanted to distance themselves from an undeserved fate on the plantation.
After several hard fought years we were successful in helping to overturn slavery. We were successful in overturning segregation, we were successful in acheiving equal rights, and ending overt discrimination. Now revenge aside, why are we still struggling?
Yes there is a disparity between americans, but in truth there has always been such a disparity. Everyone in America did not start off with the same amount of wealth, and business opportunities. Some arrived here exceedingly rich, others arrived with nothing but the shirt on their backs. The beauty is supposed to be in the idea that everyone enjoys the right to prosper, but I don't think that part of the American promise is equal footing...If you do not think that you have the requesite traits for prosperity, you can always leave the country, but why are we struggling to change the very fiber of this nation? Should American people be forced to do something so absolutely unAmerican such as creating laws which force the citizen to contribute to the uprise of a particular segment of the American populace? If so, shouldn't every new arrival receive the same benefit?
Once we acheived equal rights, we became new Americans, and at that point we were expected to fend for ourselves just like everyone else who participates in the American experiment...
Isn't this a logical argument?
Whirling Moat
Our struggle began when we realized that we were unwilling participants in a system of servitude slavery. Black Africans began to struggle against the "system" right away....
We rebelled, we planned uprisings, we staged demonstrations...We fought the system.
Why were we fighting again? Oh yea, because as human beings we were disatisfied with the prospects of living a life of slavery. We wanted to be free....
In the beginning the struggle had no real form, the objectives were broad, and unrefined. The children of Africa just wanted to distance themselves from an undeserved fate on the plantation.
After several hard fought years we were successful in helping to overturn slavery. We were successful in overturning segregation, we were successful in acheiving equal rights, and ending overt discrimination. Now revenge aside, why are we still struggling?
Yes there is a disparity between americans, but in truth there has always been such a disparity. Everyone in America did not start off with the same amount of wealth, and business opportunities. Some arrived here exceedingly rich, others arrived with nothing but the shirt on their backs. The beauty is supposed to be in the idea that everyone enjoys the right to prosper, but I don't think that part of the American promise is equal footing...If you do not think that you have the requesite traits for prosperity, you can always leave the country, but why are we struggling to change the very fiber of this nation? Should American people be forced to do something so absolutely unAmerican such as creating laws which force the citizen to contribute to the uprise of a particular segment of the American populace? If so, shouldn't every new arrival receive the same benefit?
Once we acheived equal rights, we became new Americans, and at that point we were expected to fend for ourselves just like everyone else who participates in the American experiment...
Isn't this a logical argument?
Whirling Moat
