[Kevin26322]

Several groups of humans use victimization as a political tool to gain power. One need only look to white reverse discrimination claims, gay discrimination claims and the Middle East conflict for examples. Groups attempting to gain power have always used victimization arguments to gain the moral high ground in their quest to forward their political agendas. And each group comes armed with various degrees of amunition. For African Americans, that amunition includes slavery, the death of more than 100 million of our ancesters in the slave trade, the rape of our women and the complete stripping of our history, sense of cultural identity, mother tongues and religion. I would submit to you that the African-American victimization argument is still effective because African Americans can never forget our past in this country, nor can we allow others to – or history will continue to repeat itself. And if reminding folks of the past and pointing out modern-day incarnations of past practices makes some folks uncomfortable, so be it, because that is the desired effect.

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Name : Kevin26322, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, City : Miami, State : FL, Country : United States, 

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