Sorry if you felt I was being personal. Slavery I don't have a racist, prejudice bone in my body. There are millions of people who do and they have lots of growing up to do and lessons to learn in life. My philosophy is love those you can, understand those you can't love, and live the rest of the world to sort out their own lives. I've never done an intentional thing in my life to hurt another person, and so I refuse to believe I have collective responsibility for the sins of my forefathers that stretch back over hundreds of years.
Life is brutal.
You either learn that early on or you look for others to make it bearable for you. I guess my point is simply that collective responsibility is never ending and there is no point in which all will be forgiven. That may seem harsh, but so be it. Platitudes don't count. Action speaks louder than words.