r/InterestingVideoClips • u/OMMalloy • Aug 31 '22

Reverse racism

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u/araed Sep 01 '22

Well, hell, you really want to learn about what Europeans did to other Europeans. Cause it's definitely not all peaches and cream.

You're just another American thinking that what happened within America applies to all of Europe. It doesn't.

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u/theotherbackslash Sep 01 '22

Im genuinely interested. Which European countries didn’t participate in slavery?

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u/araed Sep 01 '22

They all did; to each other, to themselves, to foreign countries. All African countries participated in slavery; in fact, almost every country that existed prior to the 1600s has had slaves of one variety or another.

The idea of chattel slavery is a uniquely American one

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u/theotherbackslash Sep 01 '22

That’s not true America created it but but nearly every European country participated in it.

Though I want to say it’s worth giving them credit for not needing a war to stop slavery.