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In reply to the discussion: Dear Whiny White People: Great rant from a Native American Facebook friend [View all]1awake
(1,494 posts)not sure the only way to being a bigot is to have ancestors who may or may not have been bigots. Being the receiver of such hate and abuse (even historically) does not give a person the right to become a bigot themselves. I hold no notion of accountability for what may or may not have happened by my ancestors (which none of mine were even in this country... mine were the one's at Ellis Island with the sign hanging around the necks which read WOP). Much like you can't be punished for crimes committed by your grandfather, neither can anyone else. How far are we allowed to look back at our family history? 50 years? 200 years? Is there a cut off where it doesn't count? Is one race's abuse count more than another? Having said that, we should not ignore history or the ramifications of such history on current events, or in relation to places where such history plays a bigger role.
Your friends post is completely bigoted at it's core. There is no argument to say otherwise.