June 19th 2014
A
recent letter to the editor laments the killing of a family pet by union
forces during the American Civil War and declares it a war crime. Has the
writer forgotten the record of his southern ancestors for their crimes against
humanity as they held fellow human beings captive, forcing them to work,
beating and torturing them, breaking up families, humiliating them,
dehumanizing them, and yes killing and lynching them for the smallest
infraction?
These
were true crimes against humanity, and it is really disheartening to see many
of our fellow Southerners suppressing and ignoring this past
history as they try to blot out the nature of their forbears. We have a
lot of healing yet to do, and the terrible crimes that our white ancestors
imposed on the black race have to be remembered and used to redirect our
philosophy and actions today to help atone for those horrific
times.
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