[Jacqueline-C20999]

I think that a lot of people are uncomfortable thinking about slavery and racism in the United States because it is the most glaring example of hypocracy in the country’s history. The very people who wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights where slave-owners. While they were declaring ‘liberty and justice for all’ and that ‘all men are created equal’, they owned people as slaves. Those that did not own slaves personally benifited from slave labor. Two hundred years later we are still trying to make ‘liberty and justice for all’ a reality. Slavery and racism makes us question the basic ideal that the United States as founded on. These are heavy issues to deal with as a country, but they are issues we need to deal with so that the wounds can be healed, not just covered with a bandaid. The first thing people need to do is stop feeling guilty for the things our ancestors did and stop being angry at other people for the things their ancestors did. Accept that people bare no responsiblity for the actions of their ancestors because they had no control over what they did. Once this is internalized, the real healing and change can begin.

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Name : Jacqueline-C20999, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 26, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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