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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
Trying to fix wrongs of the past doesn't absolve them, but the only guilt isn't inherited by those who followed. Some of the tribes who profited from the slave trade, such as the Dahomeys, wanted the European slave trade to continue.
it's not a case of "whites bad, blacks good" when it comes to slavery. But guilt and responsibility for actions aren't inheritable.
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Tribes profiteering from slavery doesn't really make our role in it better or worse. It's whataboutism to bury your head in the sand, to protect the image of what you want this country to be, and not the bones and suffering of other cultures that built it.