The African is here and to stay. How came he to our shores? Ask your grandfathers, Mr. Anonymous, and if they will tell the truth you will or should blush for the crimes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- African people are present due to historical crimes like slavery; descendants should acknowledge this.
- In plain terms
- Black people are here because of past crimes; people should be ashamed of that.
- What can you take from it?
- Historical injustice shaped current demographics and demands accountability.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should we acknowledge historical crimes?
- What does truth require?
Another view
It attributes present presence solely to crime without acknowledging resilience or agency.
More from Eugene V. Debs
The man who seeks to arouse prejudice among workingmen is not their friend. He who advises the white wage-worker to look down upon the black wage-worker is the…
Permalink to quote #13 For myself, I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him.
Permalink to quote #15 Foolish and vain indeed is the workingman who makes the color of his skin the stepping-stone to his imaginary superiority. The trouble is with his head, and if…
Permalink to quote #12
Related quotes
I have watched how steadily the general feeling, as shown at elections, has been rising against Slavery. What a proud thing for England if she is the first Eur…
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin quote #4 It was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases. The alcohol. We committed …
Paul KeatingPaul Keating quote #6 I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I'm n…
Rush LimbaughRush Limbaugh quote #6