Mr Visconti, the one who is being hateful and insulting is you. Of course the comment abouve, that Africans also enslaved Europeans is completely true as the whole post as a matter of fact is. This doesn’t change the misdeeds of America and the resposibility arising from it. But being a veteran doesn’t give you the right to insult and demean a person for stating facts that matter to this person and to start some ridiculous assuptions about “filthy rooms” and “chicken shit” and “Star Wars Action Figueres”. I usually agree with your opinion on most things but I cannot agree on unacceptable, hateful and insulting assuptions about people stating facts.

I think that an “enriched” vocabulary is appropriate at times. This publication addresses issues that get people upset. Of the hundreds of columns I’ve written, it is very rare that I go that far, but I’m not going use temperate words in addressing people who would insinuate that any part of the blame for American slavery was due to Africans. There is a concept of scale and guilt – one which you bring to the forefront.

As far as Africans enslaving Europeans, on what scale do you think that happened compared to the damage European countries did to the African people during the roughly one hundred years of colonial rule? Probably about ten million to one.

Your email indicates that you are from Germany. European countries – including Germany – should consider raising an army large enough to provide peace-keeping operations in their former colonies. European countries enriched themselves by pillaging raw materials and not paying the indigenous population for them. Colonization killed millions of people. The killing goes on today. Europeans have some work to do. Pick up your rations and rifle and get aboard the troop ship. Have a nice decade.

I will note that your country apologized to the Jewish people and paid reparations for crimes against humanity and genocide during World War II. America should do the same for our African Americans. Since the time span between crime and recompense is longer, reparations can’t be paid to individuals, so we’ll have to treat populations who are not doing as well as the rest of America – remedial high quality education and land grants would make a good start.

Too much to say. We all know that there were slaves of different colors or races but the accomodations were different (Upgraded)no matter how bad.

The backlash was different. During the fight for freedom the signs did not read SLAVES ONLY or FREE MEN ONLY, They read WHITES ONLY or BLACKS ONLY. This could go on and on and I like these discussions but I need to know, ANRY AT WHO???. ARE WE ALL ANGRY AT THE SAME PEOPLE OR ISSUES.A chnage in history wont make a difference, It takes a change in heart.