It's about time the social studies books started telling the truth. After all, when I was a kid they were teaching all the lies of how wonderful columbus was and so on.
I don't think you even realize the privilege you have as a white male. I don't think people are still asking for apologies in this day, most aren't, not from people that weren't even involved, but they are asking for respect and sensitivity to their issues and their culture and how those have been sshaped by white people. Many things were lost forever, and they cannot be brought back. I think that is a hard concept for white people to understand.
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Date: 2007-10-08 02:49 pm (UTC)I don't think you even realize the privilege you have as a white male. I don't think people are still asking for apologies in this day, most aren't, not from people that weren't even involved, but they are asking for respect and sensitivity to their issues and their culture and how those have been sshaped by white people. Many things were lost forever, and they cannot be brought back. I think that is a hard concept for white people to understand.