Blogcritics Comments on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Comment by Franco on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:33:16 EDT

#271 — YBW Anyone who would deny that slaver existed is insane, so pay them no mind. Free you mind of anger, hate, and rage, and your ass will follow. This is if you want to be free of these things. Things that we cling to so hard, even unhealthy things, can become like friends to us and letting them go can make us feel empty and even miss them. Find new friends to cling to. I kid you not, they are out there. As a man thinketh, so he is.

Comment by YBW on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:50:03 EDT

You say its time for black people to get over slavery and i say yeah right. How could we just forget that our race was subjugated into slavery. How could we forget that our ancestors were Raped and Beaten and Sold(away from their families),hunted down like dogs, unable to even get an education. How could we forget that they said it was alright to sale a black man because he was not a whole man becasue it took two or three black men to equal one white man. How could we forget that their is still a law where i believe it is every 25 years that a document has to be signed so blacks are still allowed to vote. How could we forget when the government still allows the confederate flag to still fly. How could we forget when the racism is STILL so strong toward blacks(Jena 6, Shawn Bell, etc...). How could we forget when so manys whites claimed that slavery has never happened. How could we forget when we see how the government could apologize to the Jews for the Holocaust but not to the Blacks for Slavery. How Could we foget when this very country we live in was built on the Backs of Slavery.

Comment by Paotie on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:53:05 EST

Reparations for Deaf people? For what? :o) Paotie

Comment by JC on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:31:11 EST

stupid article, really just a dumb seem to be written by someone who have too much time on their hands, find something productive to do, and yes i believe you should have saught reparation or at least an apology for the people who have wronged deaf people, you are a let down to the deaf community, so dont brag about it!

Comment by blackvoice on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Sun, 9 Sep 2007 16:04:32 EDT

wow well, to not get personal i would have to say that the way that you expessed yourself was very offending. But i must say u had some very good points. Yes it is time that we jus move on and we shouldnt really care for an apology but at the same time WHO ARE YOU to say get over it!? You never have to deal with the evryday mistreatment that african americans deal with, dont have to watch movies or learn about the history of your people being stole away from their homeland, raped beatin and misplaced like nothing. Your a very narrow minded person and ill hope you find the light but i strongly believe that you are jus ignorant to the situation

Comment by Joe Bo on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:49:01 EDT

Walt Williams is not for slavery reparations. He was being facetious, not to be taken seriously. You must be a stupid moron by taking him literally.

Comment by Christopher Rose on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:17:01 EDT

Black on black slavery existed in Africa long before White people found their way there and carries on to this day. Maybe Black people should apologise to Whites for corrupting them in the first place...

Comment by What's the big deal? on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:07 EDT

An apology has nothing to do with blame. An apology is needed because whites still continue to benefit from slavery after the fact, as blacks continue to suffer from some of the effects of 400 years of dehumanization. Nobody is asking anybody to fix anything, just acknowledge your privilege. A white deaf person has a huge advantage, (I call it natural affirmative action) over a black deaf person. Why is it so hard to acknowledge the hand-outs and hand up whites get just for existing? Apologize already. It's not a big deal. Talk about greedy and evil!

Comment by STM on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:59:45 EDT

Blair, I'm half Irish and live in Australia, where about 40 per cent of the entire population has some Irish background ... discrimination here went on for 100 years. Trust me, mild discrimination against Catholics still goes on today in some countries. Not here thankfully, but elsewhere it still happens. Still, it's nothing compared to what blacks have suffered in the US.

Comment by Blair on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:57:26 EDT

The Irish came in two wave. The first wave, which began arriving in the mid-1700s, were Scots Irish Protestants from Northern Ireland. They didn't settle in cities on the eastern seaboard but crossed over the Appalachians and settled the South, Southwest and West. Since they didn't compete for jobs in the big eastern cities, they encountered no prejudice; they were to busy fighting Indians. Today, their descendants don't think of themselves as Irish; they think of the "Old Country" as being Tennessee and Kentucky. The second wave of Irish, which began arriving in the late 1800s, were Irish Catholics who congregated in cities where they lowered wages by competing for jobs with White Anglo Saxon Protestants. They did suffer considerable discrimination, but it lasted less than a generation. They quickly became the majority in cities such as Boston. These are the people who celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

Comment by STM on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:42:36 EDT

No, Blair, we're not getting off track at all ... because I don't see a lot difference in any kind of discrimination, whether it is related to the descendants of black slaves in America, downtrodden Irish Catholics who felt the need to stand up to the yoke of anglo/scottish protestantism, or the prisoners transported for life in chains to a brutal penal colony in New South Wales often for doing nothing more than speaking their minds. Lots of people have had their crosses to bear ...

Comment by Zedd on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:52:57 EDT

Sure did Clav. But it was cool to read that you and Stan know the same people. What a world indeed.

Comment by Clavos on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:54:42 EDT

Fox's first name is Vicente-no "n", and he's former Mexican President Vicente Fox. And yes, we got way off track about three days ago...

Comment by Blair on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:46:57 EDT

Mexican President Vincente Fox is half Irish. The San Patricio Battalion fought for Mexico because they viewed the Mexican-American War as a conflict beteen a Protestant nation(U.S.) and aCatholic (Mexico) nation. I think we are getting a little off track.

Comment by STM on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:50:18 EDT

I notice on that first story on the website the O'Reillys of Yucatan score a big mention. Obviously, they are Pancho's forbears. Bloody Micks

Comment by Clavos on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:43:18 EDT

Stan: Chile had a great patriot named Bernardo O'Higgins, when I was a kid, the "Rupert Murdoch" of Mexico at that time was named R�mulo O'Farril, Jr., I had a teacher in grade school named Se�orita O'Gorman, etc., etc. Spanish-speaking Micks everywhere... If you're interested, check this site out.

Comment by STM on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:38:21 EDT

Clav: Lol. I must say I find it really bizarre that Mexico might be chock full of Germans and Irishmen. Imagine a mixture of Spanish and Irish blood. Scary stuff on any Friday night. I do know there are a lot of Irish (and Germans, for that matter, but that's another story) in Argentina and Uruguay, and you do sometimes hear of bizarre names like Francisco McKenna - freckle-skinned flaming redheads, all, of course. Wouldn't they all stand out like dog's balls in Latin America?

Comment by STM on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:30:36 EDT

See Blair, you have to watch out for the bloody Irish ... they'll tell you one thing and do another. That's why Aussies drink too much and hate authority. It's the Irish in us. But this also must be the only country in the world that's full of people of Irish background (about 40 per cent) and has a union jack in the corner of its flag and no one cares. We're having too much fun to worry about it. There's a lesson in that for everyone.

Comment by Blair on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:30:20 EDT

The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Batall�n de San Patricio) was composed of several hundred Irishmen, Germans, and other European Catholics. The battalion deserted the U.S. Army and fought on the Mexican side during the Mexican-American War. We hung most of them.

Comment by Clavos on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:52:12 EDT

OMG, Stan!!! Klaus and Pancho are two of my best drinking mates, the old bastards! Years ago, Klaus used to try to pass himself off as an Aussie, but we weren't buying: he couldn't drink more than 3 or 4 liters of beer without passing out; he wouldn't survive a night in any decent pub in Sydney. Pancho's a good bloke; until somebody mentions poms, that is. Then it's Katy bar the door, and wiser men get the hell out of the room. 83M Mexicans and you run into my two mates! Small world!

Comment by S.T.M on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:29:20 EDT

Dave wrote: "Clavos, you forgot all the German and Irish Mexicans, of which there are a hell of a lot." Klaus Rodriguez and Pancho O'Reilly, two of the better-known ones. Klaus sells chorizo-flavoured bratwurst and Pancho has come up with a new drink that somehow blends tequila and Guiness. Both have made other huge cultural contributions to Mexican society, most notably the introduction to Mexico of kegeling, lederhosen and knee slapping in the case of Klaus, while Pancho runs classes on how to drink vast quantities of alcohol and then talk your way out of trouble after getting into a fight. Their contribution is immeasurable, really. However, sometimes people mistake Pancho for a Bavarian when he starts yodelling on the way home from the pub at 3am.

Comment by Lumpy on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:08:04 EDT

Chell is there any kind of bigotry u don't find personallly fulfilling?

Comment by Blair on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:40:39 EDT

Many of El Paso's leading families are Lebanese Mexicans. We also have Syrian Mexicans. Their families spent and generation or two in Mexico before moving to the United States. We also have a Chinese Mexicans. Some of their ancestors dropped off in El Paso when the railroad was coming through. The familes of others were driven across the border by Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution.

Comment by G. Chell on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:12:00 EDT

Good old fashioned southern family values at work in :he story attached. Several instances to be precise...Strom Thurmond and Arch Conservative would be very proud indeed!!

Comment by Clavos on It's Time for Blacks to Get Over Slavery

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:32:09 EDT

You're right; though I did mention my German-Mexican friend. Shame on me; I'm a half-Irish Mexican.