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In reply to the discussion: Prince Harry Was Right and It's not just a matter of Royal Gossip [View all]ShazzieB
(18,046 posts)I already posted about having ancestors in the Confederate army. I'm sure some of my ancestors also owned slaves, and some of them may have belonged to the KKK, participated in lynchings, and no doubt helped perpetuate other aspects of the oppression of African Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
I am also almost certainly descended from people who participated in stealing indigenous people's land, including shipping thousands of them off to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. All of that is
horrible, but I would strenuously object if someone suggested that any of it was somehow my fault.
I deeply regret and deplore all of the above, as well as the multitude of other injustices that have been perpetrated on oppressed groups in the history of this country, but I'm not personally responsible for all of it, just because I share DNA with people who did awful things.