Quote Originally Posted by Feedback View Post
The slave trade has been going on before the pyramids were built.
the pyramids weren't built by slaves though.

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.

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

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.