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NiklasRenner t1_isy81sh wrote

> That’s not what I said or implied. The narrative seems to be that only white people had slaves and that they actively sought out black slaves. That is wrong. It is also implied that slave was a white

More like non-white, you are right the racism wasn't/isn't limited to black people. Not like they had millions of Anglo-saxon slaves..

> The same people taking and selling slaves then are generally the same ones still doing it today. We concern ourselves about the past and no one is doing anything about active slavery happening now.

Not really relevant who sold them or that some of it still goes on today, when talking about racism elsewhere.

I agree that the idea that racism is targeted more towards slave descendants than just black people in generel seems daft, but the nuances you left out in your response just seems like you are handwaving all racism as class conflict and media spin.

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