"Here's Your Civilization!", evergreen Soviet Armenian poster highlighting the issue of segregation and racism in the United States, 1957. (midwest.social)

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[-] foodandart@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

We had no part in shaping the past, we can only reflect on it.

It happened and all the hand-wringing in the world won't change it.

Hell, my Puritan ancestors probably took up arms to wipe out Northeast tribes that were on land they wanted. Civilizations spread, cultures clash, there are winners and losers in the flow and that tide never stops moving back and forth.

Nothing we can do about it - and I'm certainly not going to cry and act as if it was the Most Evil Thing Humanity Ever Did..

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Most evil? No. Top 5? Yeah, probably. There aren't many historical events more evil than chattel slavery, and its effects are still being felt today, 161 years later.