'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' JD Vance Declares Trump Killed DEI

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. Neither have I.

Now, as to certain aspects of the legacy of the white race here in the US... well...

I have allowed a certain humility in that regard. Doubly so given my family shame which is tied up in that legacy. My mother thinks I am crazy for feeling anything about our ancestral involvement in those events. Well, I do, lady. We should not have been involved at all. As far as I can tell, 'we' did not even own any enslaved people ourselves, so why were we even supporting that side, ya know?

Conversely (and hypocritically, I suppose), I am acquainted with the direct line descendant of a major historical Confederate figure, who was a pre-teen child when I was around him. I always felt very bad for him as I was well aware of the potential public blowback should he be caught out in public and have his lineage revealed. I made sure to never bring it up around him (although I had a few conversations with his parents about it), and he was a bright, and smart kind whose best friends were an African American and a Mexican American. He did not seem to know or care about his 'family'. I always hoped that he stayed that way.

There are times when being defined by one's family is a good thing.

Then, there are times when it is most certainly not.