—He says the stigma of slavery ruined America—
So, it was the importing of Africans to this country that ruined it,...?
—People (are) at each others throats just because they are of a different color, he said. It will hold any nation back. —
So, if everyone were the same color we wouldn’t be held back,...?
Leftists from very cold, very white northern states have the oddest opinions regarding race, it’s as if it’s all an abstraction to them and they blurt out the most amazingly naive things that would be regarded as quite racist coming from anyone else.
Slavery was. It just was. There is a destructive legacy, yes. However, try to envision an alternate history without it. What would be missing as a result of there being no descendants of African slaves? Music in this country would be bereft. Food. Dance. Sports.
You takes the good with the bad. And, as bad as chattel slavery could be, there were worse fates, such as being left in Africa. There would be no such posterity for these individuals had they not been brought here by force.
God works in strange ways.