He has the sentiment right, but use a little tact ya fool.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_black_lawmaker_immigration
"We need these workers here. A lot of people aren't going to do certain type of work in this country," said Ford, D-Charleston. "The brothers are going to find ways to take a break. Ever since this country was built, we've had somebody do the work for us."
Very interesting view point, what he misses is the fact that poor people also owned slaves and they could be black owning black or white owning white. In my neck of the woods the poor worked hand in hand with their slaves, teaching them trades, to read or write, math and science of farming. Few poor Yankees could have survived had it not been for the help and outside experience and knowledge they got from their bought help.
Then these poor people went to war to release these slaves from their servitude, to the loss of hundred of thousands of lives. Not the lives of their slaves but their own.
No where does he mention the American Indian tradition of taking slaves from the other Indian tribes they conquered. Stories abound about the western tribes kidnapping children and 3-4 of the captive males rose to become the most feared warriors against the settlers.
Then there were the young girls taken captive who's family's RESCUED then that could not get along with the new laws they faced, they were use to having a voice in their Indian comunity, being able to have freedom that was not allowed to woman in civilization at that time.
Family's and comunities were Stunned when these woman ran for their lives back to the life of the SAVAGE where they were truly free, and had the respect of that Community's could vote, choose their own husband and were head of their house . Even if thought of as a slave.
Unfortunately he has little knowledge that Slavery was very different from different places in the States or soon to be States.
I have read some horrible diary's of what life was like on George Washingtons plantation, Yes on his death HIS slaves were freed but his wife Martha keep hers and at her death her slaves were willed to her family.
This Dude sees only one side to a problem of slavery when there are 20 sides to the question.
What is the difference between past slavery and what is going on today.?? We work for the a wage to feed us, give us medical insurance, housing, and transportation. Some of us live in fear of loosing our jobs and loosing all that.----I cannot imagine what the freed slaves felt when freed like 5 year old cast out onto the streets. This is another problem.
I am open to discussion on this subject, but be fore warned most of American history I learned was not in the class room but by accident when I first picked up my first Louis L'more paper back and then onto history of slavery in my area written by their decedents.
