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Originally Posted by HarryT
The problem I have with your view, DD, is that when you look back at history, it seems that every generation thinks that its own moral standards are superior to those of its predecessors.
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Well you'll be happy to know then, that that's not my view. My view has nothing to do with my generation's "moral superiority" when it comes to racism and/or slavery. It has always been wrong, and the idea that it is wrong didn't come from my ancestral or generational "distance." The idea has been present all along. There have ALWAYS been people who knew that racism/slavery was wrong; and opposed it--regardless of how (un)popular that stance might have been.
This picture that some of you are trying to paint of a life where racism was some inherent trait that everyone was born with (and no one knew it was wrong) is patently false. There were people of conscience who publicly opposed it in EVERY generation. It is not a viewpoint newly sprung from the hindsight afforded by a generational/social gap. There have
always been moral standards that were superior to those who held racist views. Right from the beginning.