tokenblak

I don't think it's weird at all. You made this point in your Vox article.

They are accustomed to a society where people are poor, and cast aside by their government and communities. To acknowledge the hardships of others may subconsciously force them to reason that their situation isn't as bad. That takes away from their own suffering.

You generalized one particular part of story that contains many facts. By doing this, you missed the most critical fact of that story, and trivialized the actions of the main offender.

You are getting downvoted because it almost seems like you are intending to transfer the blame on the victim.

I won't downvote you. I get the point that you are trying to make. But do you realize that Africans were not exclusively kidnapping their own and selling them into slavery, right?

I mean, this did happen, but they were often just taken at gunpoint. Whether or not the slaver was the "initial" kidnapper, they still were the initiator and main beneficiary of the kidnapping. If I pay you to rob a bank, and I drive the escape car, I'm still very much so a robber.

Just saying.

Loved your article on Vox! Thanks for the AMA!

I'm black, and my wife is white. She grew up in a suburb of Chicago, and was never taught much about slavery and segregation in school. I had her watch movies Amistad, 12 Years a Slave, and Rosewood. She was shocked and very interested.

She would be very interested in a tour like this. Can you provide the name of the plantation you gave tours for? Where is it located?

Does participating in a project like this move you to “believe all women”, or do you feel that it is still necessary wait and sort out the facts before treating either the woman or man as suspect or victim?

(I hope I phrased that question well enough)