“ ...the 400th anniversary of the arrival in America of the first enslaved people from West Africa.”
There were slaves all over the world long before that.
There were even slaves all over before Islam rumbled into Africa, though with Islam it sure got a boost.
Mohammad was so white...
How white was he?
Mohammad was so white that he could use mayonnaise for eye shadow.
And of course the enslavement of indigenous people by both indigenous people and Europeans didn’t count because the enslavement of Black Africans was all that mattered. The fact that Muslims are still enslaving black Africans is also irrelevant to making America bad the the ignorant readers of the New York slimes. Never mind that the philosophical and religious underpinnings of the abolitionist movement started in America. Slavery lasted less than a Century nice America became independent.
And still are today...sadly.