Taking The Knee To Continue ?

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the pyramids weren't built by slaves though.

agreed, I don't think anyone has said they were.

yes slavery has existed as far back as human history, but there's a good reason why we talk about the transatlantic slave trade in this discussion, and not others.

because it fits a narrative, thats why.

you can still see the economic and social after effects of the transatlantic slave trade (and wider colonialism) . thriving countries had their economies surpressed, while our nation grew rich.

which thriving countries?

many of the social attitudes towards and socio economic problems faced by the black communities in the west can be traced back to slavery

perhaps. however, slavery has never been legal in the UK, and there was a famous case (Somerset v Stewart) in the 1770s which confirmed that the institution of slavery was not compatible with English law.

yes slavery has been going on for thousands of years, but who are the group of people who are still feeling the effects of the Spartans slavery of the Helots? there is nobody.

so bringing up other types of slavery into this discussion just makes it look as though you're trying to diminish the wrong that the west has done. instead we should face upto it, teach it to our children, own it and become a better society.

I'm not doing anything of sort, you're creating a straw man. Slavery has never been legal in the UK, yes some people got fat off the slave trade, but that isn't the majority, in fact it was a few very elite individuals. Here in the UK we helped destroy the institution of slavery, and given its never been legal here, I struggle to see what the UK has to atone for.