That puts it in perspective.
Hmmm . . . would you rather have a 3-bedroom house in a US suburb, a girlfriend, a steady job and a great-grandfather who was a slave to a Virginian, or would you prefer to be a jobless, starving goatrapist whose great-grandfather was a slave to an African chieftain?
Whoa, there, 'Wonk. Before you know it, we'll be blamed for this, too. Our predecessors' hate crimes likely decreased the self-esteem of all the peoples of the African continent. The fear and loathing were handed down through the generations, and they -- we -- are directly to blame for today's atrocities.