Monday, March 23, 2009
America the Arrogant
While reading about slavery taking place right now in Florida a pleathera of other shocking realizations I have recently been made aware of comes to mind. I cant help but think about how Americans's think about themselves. Words like aroogant, high-and-might, and oblivious seem to dominate my thoughts. I feel humbled every time I learn something like this is going on in our country. I often find it difficult to be proud of who we are and definitely don't feel like we should be telling others how to live and run their countries. However, part of me thinks that the kind of slavery going on in Florida is not the same as our general association with the word. The so called slaves are slaves only because of their ignorance and fear. They are afraid of local athorities so they will not get help, in effect making themselves slaves not because someone is forcing them. They have opportunities to leave but do not take advantage of them because of their ignorance to recognise these opportunities.
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I agree with this.
But do you think the slaves might be staying just so they can make a few extra bucks rather than making nothing back in mexico?
So they can send little money back to help thier familys?
Eldon is right with what meager earnings they make here is a fortune back home. They choose to sacrifice their life as a individual to better their family back home. As far as the slaves go they may have not known what they were getting into but they are not ignorant for one. They are not forcing themselves to be slaves. they would rather suffer for they're family back home if it meant that they would have a better life. You say you humble your self every time you find something like this going on in our country. Everything you see n the news about war on terror or whats going on in florida. is not nessarliy all true and don't tell me its true. Where you there interviewing the slaves to write this paper do you really know whats going on in Iraq????? I have friends there and they tell me a very different story then what cnn or cspan say on the TV. What I'm trying to say is don't believe everything you hear unless yourself is there. In reality we are the ignorant ones for not seeing this happen with in our own country. America is not the only place to have slaves. slavery is still going on in Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, and even Mexico again I ask you is slavery unique just america ???? know your world around you and realize how everything around you is as dark and cold as hell is. whether you like it or not America is the shining light of the world but america is not perfect.... "He who without sin cast the first stone" Now I ask you are you without sin???? I'm not perfect nobody is> I'm not trying to sound condescending or anything what I'm saying is what you ask for is is not practical. What you should be asking is what can we do to better it?
It is a shame that slavery is still happening till this present day. like you said it is a shame to be proud of who we are. Shame on those who still uses slavery. They should face the ultimate punishment by legal justice or better yet, moral justice.
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