Not making excuses at all but the founding of almost large civilizations throughout history came about by similar things. Really in terms of conquering land, what happened in America was pretty normal.
Also Racism is a world wide issue. Mongolians and Chinese, Isreal and Islam, Europeans are notorious for not liking their neighbors. White people are hates black people are hated, brown, red, whatever.
I hated US history (and my initial college major was in History), but to me the “sins” of this country really came about after they had the land. It wasnt the foundation persay because yes while conquering the way they did was bad, it was par for the course historically speaking.
The elite since then have been mostly about making money, we are by far the greediest nation in the history of this planet and if you know history at all, that statement speaks volumes.
They brought Africans by shipment like cattle, treated them like cattle for profits. The entire reason black people were herec to begin with was to make white people money. Unfortunately and this is where I get so annoyed is I believe that while blacks are no longer technically slaves, and that yes America has gotten “better”, politicians still exploit minorities for their own gain for their pocketbooks. So while on the surface I dont think anyone can deny a black persons existence is a LOT better than it was even 20 years ago there really has not been much change in the status of most Black people. I think most people in America understand that Blacks and whites are both equally human, but I also believe that the tactics our politicians use to engross fear in us and divide us is absolutely awful...
