And no where is there a mention of those immigrants who came to this country as indentured servants having to work off the cost of their passage as veritable slaves. I find both sides lacking
I had an ancestor who was held as a slave by the natives in the early 1600s.
Agree! Half my family came from Ireland. I think we all know how the Irish were treated when they came here: "Irish need not apply!"
The other half of my family came from Austria before WW1. Austrian's were known as smart, good hard industrious workers and had opportunity after opportunity.
My wife's family came here after WW2. First they escaped Germany as male family members were conscripted into the Hitler military, then escaped Hitler again as he invaded Hungary. Eventually they made it here, brought over by a "sponsor" who paid their way. Wife's family spent almost 5 years picking cotton as truly indentured servants in the south to pay that money back. They were lucky: the farmer who brought them over saw how hard working they were and after their debt was paid gave them a hand up (a car, extra money, and contacts in Western NY where wife's family eventually settled and started their own business.)
Difference between my wife's family and mine when hers came over was that they were considered wealthy in Germany before WW2 and lost everything they had. (No, her family is not Jewish. They were simply one of many German families that had wealth and tried standing up to Hitler.) When they came here, they had the same entrepreneurial spirit that made them wealthy in Germany, then Hungary that made them successful -- despite the anti-German feelings in this country after WW2.
Blacks aren't the only ones who had it rough when they first came here. Yes, they started out in Slavery -- the difference is they've had opportunities in the greatest economy and economic growth engine on the planet over the last 200+ years. They've not take advantage of those opportunities to lift themselves out of poverty. They demand a hand-out and reject a hand-up. That mentality will continue to get them nowhere in this country. Nor should it.