peace and hotep,

curtis dogheal mctavish, much of what you stated was correct but for you to say that:

"Slavery was a time when we were infants being taken care of and given chores. After emancipation and through the Jim Crow years, we were pre teens. From the sixties to now, it seems as if we were in a stage of being teen agers. We wanted our identity to be positive, but didn't know exactly how to obtain it completely. We have been in cultural development like so many teenagers, trying to figure out what they are going to do with their lives and experimenting out of their box when it come to family and society. Now it's time to take it a step further and grow up."

shows how immature and insensitive your are to our plight. i have discussed your views of victimization withe co-workers and neighbors from the west indies and none are in agreement withe you. all acknowledge that the past is here to stay and like the jewish holocost, they agree that victims can 'never forget'. now exactly who are you speaking for. the jewish community vowed never to forget the injustice done to it in the past. why should africans born enslaved in the amoricas. have you ever witnessed the lynching photography of 'without sanctuary' or read 'roots'.

how can you say "Slavery was a time when we were infants being taken care of and given chores"?

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