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Would the wealth of Singapore have anything to do with tourism? Just a question...

Hhahaha, Pierrot! Thanks Bossel---I don't want to be seen as shouting, so I'll use the bold thing that you talked about! Everyone, thanks for contributing. I suppose I've said all that I can say on this issue, and I really appreciate you all giving me a different perspective on the matter...

Oh, no! I just needed to calm a little bit, and research more and talk with other people about this issue. I post a lot at blacktokyo and I just needed a little more insight as to what other black people thought about the issue of reparations. Thank you anyway, Frank! I really appreciate it! :)

This arguement is INVALID. God, people like this make me sick. So this person automatically ASSUMES that without the slave trade, black people (who have been travelling around Africa, into Europe and India for centuries) would all of a sudden not emigrate from their respective homelands to...

Yes, but didn't England once rule the world? A tiny country, ruling over millions and millions of people from all over the world. Who's to say WHAT would have happened? I don't know...I just feel affected. lol A little redundant.

Wait, wait, wait a minute. So are you saying that the state of Africa would be exactly the same even if slavery never happened? Or is this Larry Elder speaking? lol More importanty, are you saying that Africans (specifically on the west coast) would not have emigrated from parts of Africa to...

And what started this? Slavery. But I understand what you are saying. I suppose I should say that slavery didn't affect me, but the effects of slavery affected me. Maybe that would make more sense with what I am feeling. They aren't. However, just because I love my white, Native and black...

I don't know, but it seems to me that a lot of the posts you made were based on things I never said, or things you made up, or thought I said. And it's not like I don't appreciate the history that you gave me--very much the opposite. That's definitely not going to help the situation. I...

WHAT? What does this have to do with anything? Seriously Maciamo, I think you are more interested in teaching me a history lesson than actually reading what I say in my posts. When did I even MENTION something like this? What is going on with you Maciamo? What is your problem? Why are you...

I wouldn't sue anyone. I don't feel "wronged". I am saying that I am AFFECTED by slavery. Those two things are different. Ultimately, I am the one responsible for what I feel. And that is the bottom line. Last winter, I was in a car accident. I was walking in the crosswalk with my two...

Talking about something different? Of course, but it does tie in to what the original discussion was. This is what I was responding to. And the conversation just changed a bit. I never said that. What I said was I am affected by slavery and the subsequent racism that followed slavery...

Slavery is too far-fetched? I don't understand how you cannot understand that slavery still affects people. Maybe you think I affected in the "I hate all of you" way or "I feel like a slave" way. No. I'm saying that I am affected by slavery because my history, my RECENT history is unknown to me...

Bossel: I don't think of myself as a victim. I am trying to display how I am affected by slavery in every day life. Being affected negatively by something does not make you a "victim". I read your post and all you seem to be doing is to explain WHY the things that affect me exist. That is...

I think this is where you don't understand. Most white people in America know specifically where their ancestors came from. They can have a bond with these people. I do not. I can say, I am from Africa, or West Africa, or Central Africa, but I cannot say where. Our culture was stripped from us...

Let me see... When I think about my ancestry, it stops at America. Does that bother me? Yes. When I talk to my friends, they all say, I have ancestry in England, Ireland and Poland. They take trips to these places, they have the religion, language and history of their ancestors. Do I have that...

You are sick. I'm sorry. You think I'm going to fall into this trap, and debate with you which human injustices are "worse" than others? Sorry guy, it's not going to happen. MY QUALM is not about what was worse, and what wasn't. If you BOTHERED to read my post, I mean ACTUALLY READ IT you would...

And I hate these arguements--should I sue because my ancestors were slaves of the Romans 2000 years ago? YES if you feel wronged by those actions and NO ONE had done a damn thing to make things right. Whatever happened to the forty acres and a mule that was to be granted to freed slaves? How...

God, do you people even know what it's like to live in the shadow of colonialism and racism and all these things that comes from being the ancestor of a slave? It's not romantic, it's not funny, it's not cool, it's a really terrible feeling, and I'm sick of people making light of it, like we...

You guys may take this as some sort of simple silly little thing that people are doing, but you have to realize what it's like for us, the descendants of those slaves. You guys may think that colonization and slavery was a grievance committed against my ancestors, and not me, so I shouldn't be...

lol KIREI!!! You are too funny! :) Anyway, my friend wears a skirt sometimes, and he's a guy. I've never really hated on him for that, you know? Some people just want to do different things, and I wouldn't want someone to say what I can and cannot wear. I don't think that at this time, men are...