Why are whites the only one who are somehow responsible, or must feel ashamed or atone, for what their ancestors ALLEGEDLY did? My ancestors never owned slaves, but some of them fought on the side of the north in the Civil War. You’re welcome, Chris Rock.
Don’t expect a thank you note. Just saying.
I am missing your point. Would you apologize if your ancestors owned slaves and fought for the South?
My ancestors never owned slaves either but they had to fight against the North on their own home land. Only a small percentage of whites in the South ever owned slaves, many were worse off than slaves before the war and a huge percentage of both black and white were worse off after the war than slaves were before the war. I never heard of a black person who shared my last name until I saw one on television. I have never heard of one who came from my state even though the county in which I was born has more people with that surname than any other county on Earth except one county in England. I have never once heard of a black person anywhere who carries my mother’s maiden name. In short my family worked their own land, they did not own slaves.