To the comments above me: He/she is not totally wrong. We may not like it, but OP has somewhat of a point. Many black people today do have better living conditions than what they would have had if their families stayed in Africa. BUT....
That being said... what you wrote is still incredibly racist because you're assuming that black people would have had no way over here if they weren't taken against their will.
You're also assuming that all black people would want to have better living conditions rather than free will.
No one should be proud of slavery because it is so anti American. The whole point of America is that people have the freedom to live their lives the way they want to live them so long as they don't cause harm, and this country at one point, did not offer that to black people and that was wrong.
However, I don't think that white people today should have guilt. Most white people today have not contributed to treating blacks badly and have no responsibility for slavery.
IIN to think black people should thank white people for slavery
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To the comments above me: He/she is not totally wrong. We may not like it, but OP has somewhat of a point. Many black people today do have better living conditions than what they would have had if their families stayed in Africa. BUT....
That being said... what you wrote is still incredibly racist because you're assuming that black people would have had no way over here if they weren't taken against their will.
You're also assuming that all black people would want to have better living conditions rather than free will.
No one should be proud of slavery because it is so anti American. The whole point of America is that people have the freedom to live their lives the way they want to live them so long as they don't cause harm, and this country at one point, did not offer that to black people and that was wrong.
However, I don't think that white people today should have guilt. Most white people today have not contributed to treating blacks badly and have no responsibility for slavery.