I agree that people would see two different things. I never said they wouldn't. But that does not mean that they will look at me and think instantly of slavery. If they do, I feel bad for them. People do not need to be closed minded. People should look at me and think of the positive and negative things that I ALONE have done. To even judge me on my family or friends is wrong. To think of me as white and to think of me as a slave holder are 2 completely different things.
People may see me as white, but if the only thing that comes to mind is being a slave master or a repressor of a people, they really need to expand their thinking. It would not be fair for me to look at all black people and think solely of gangs (just an example) or any other negative thing that I could think of.
We need to look at people as INDIVIDUALS. I do not like all white people, I don't like all black people and I don't like all Asian people. But to say that I must think negatively on an entire race because of something that happened 200 years ago is ludicrous. I judge people on their OWN INDIVIDUAL MERITS. And I would hope to assume that most people do also.
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