I was talking about how the OP wanted to absolve all white people of responsibility for bad things that happened before they were born, and then in the very next sentence wanted to give white people credit for good things that happened before they were born.
But yes, it’s a perfectly fine analogy. And you’d be surprised how many people actually say those things, just like the people who think that white and black people are equal now, just because slavery ended so long ago, completely ignoring the massive advantage that gave white people in this country(since most wealth is inherited), not to mention the systemic oppression and discrimination that was open and rampant(and legal) until relatively recently and still happens in many less obvious ways today.
It’d be like if you were in a relay race and your team got a huge head start, then your teammates in the middle threw a bunch of chairs and other objects in the path of your opponents that they had to run around or trip over, then the person who was the final leg of the race just ran across the finish line and claimed it was a fair and square victory because they personally didn’t cheat to get the head start or block your opponents.
IIN I think Native Americans need to get over themselves
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I was talking about how the OP wanted to absolve all white people of responsibility for bad things that happened before they were born, and then in the very next sentence wanted to give white people credit for good things that happened before they were born.
But yes, it’s a perfectly fine analogy. And you’d be surprised how many people actually say those things, just like the people who think that white and black people are equal now, just because slavery ended so long ago, completely ignoring the massive advantage that gave white people in this country(since most wealth is inherited), not to mention the systemic oppression and discrimination that was open and rampant(and legal) until relatively recently and still happens in many less obvious ways today.
It’d be like if you were in a relay race and your team got a huge head start, then your teammates in the middle threw a bunch of chairs and other objects in the path of your opponents that they had to run around or trip over, then the person who was the final leg of the race just ran across the finish line and claimed it was a fair and square victory because they personally didn’t cheat to get the head start or block your opponents.