Amel, not to try to take away from the experience of the sub-saharan african people subjected to slavery, but they were not the only ones. Nor were Europeans the only slave masters. There were many african slaves captured by the arabs and sent as far as china, although you dont see the remnants of it, because they were mostly men, and were mostly castrated to avoid any chance of breeding with the local population. In addition to this, there were also more than 1 million white european slaves held in north african and arab countries, mainly in the last 1000 years (up to around 1750 from memory). These came from all over Europe, although coastal villages in the British Isles suffered heavily from raids by the barbary cosairs, who sold them in slave markets, often to Morocco.

So to imply that whites were the only evil slave masters is a fallacy, although a popular one.

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I never said Sub Saharan Africans were the only ones to experience slavery. My post was about the impact slavery has had on African people. Whether they be celebrities, young kids or the generations before. Also colonialism and segregation and the millions of lives lost because of it. The removal of people from their continent. Losing their identity and being open to anything in their new racist countries. All these thing help to contribute to the condition and mental status of many SSA people. Thats why I said in all honesty, its hard for me to compare it to the situations of others. Not because of what you said about whites Arabs or Chinese.

Amel, not sure if you are still checking this thread, but just in case....

Perhaps the mindset of the descendants of slavery in the US is more from what they have learnt from their parents, rather than the true reality. If you are taught from an early age that you are worthless in the eyes of society, and that it is no fault of your own that you are in the situation that you are, and that there is nothing you can do about it, then of COURSE that is going to scar you for life. Now, the deep South of the US is an example where both sides still have deeply entrenched racist beliefs, but I think that they are atypical rather than the norm.

A lot of Australians descended from virtual slaves. Convicts who committed little crime, with some wrongly convicted. 2-3 generations ago this was considered to be shameful and to be hidden. Now it is a status symbol in our society to be descended from a convict. If these descendants can get over the stigma that used to be attached to this, then why the heck cant anyone else? Oh, it stops being a convenient excuse, thats why!