Texicanus wrote:
“...Many black people have a slave heritage. It is one of sadness,but they weren’t the only ones brought to America as slaves and indentured servants and they were not the only ones to experience hardships. ...”
Many Irish and Scots were sent to the colonies as indentured servants...
the English took people from their homes to make room for sheep; this was called the Highland Clearances.
And the many who emigrated were poor and experienced racism beyond the blacks of the time. Did we hear them saying "Irish lives matter" back then. No, the Irish were the poorest of the poor and there was no welfare and little charity afforded to them. Instead the signs read "No Irish need apply". They barely existed until they could find a job and even then they worked for slave wages and under perilous conditions.
OTH, the negro slaves of the Plantation era were relatively well clothed, fed, and housed by their masters. They were treated as valuable assets and were not abused as many would have you believe. Many were treated as family and given responsible positions within the master's household. Some were freed by their masters as a reward for their loyal devotion and service. Like Joseph, sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt, they prospered while in bondage. But today, 150+ years after the last slaves were freed, only the bad deeds are remembered by their descendent's.
But the Irish and Scots overcame and rose above all manner of racism and hardships to prospered in America. And other races in similar situations did too. So why can't the blacks admit the problem may lie within themselves rather than blame the nation that has given so many an opportunity to succeed? The door which has been open to them since the Civil War is still open if they will seek to find it and work to achieve a better life for themselves.