#blacklivesmatter racism is a human problem

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aggi in reply to @o_skate_love_o

aggi economic success for whom?? most of us have had 10 years of austerity.. or are you referring to 1980s yuppies or that industrial age 1870s when social mobility was first created, again not sure how many black people benefitted.

Slave owners, gentry, the East India Company, royalty, lords, Britain (for a certain definition of Britain), etc

The Empire was very successful for a small group of people and there are still echoes of that now.

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hugo7 in reply to @aggi

What about clerks, engineers, stone masons, etc?

I don't want to derail, but it's important to understand that whole swathes of society benefited, not just a few niche people at the top.

I'm not going to seriously argue that a small percentage didn't benefit the most, but the economic stimulus from global trade impacted the whole fabric of our country.

Surly that's exactly why it's important to acknowledge that part of our success came at the expense of others.

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aggi in reply to @hugo7

That was meant to be captured under "Britain". As you say, a lot of the country did benefit from it.

It's a rabbit hole. If you look at Burnley for instance it used to be very prosperous because of the mills. However, a large part of the reason for that was cheap cotton picked by slaves in the US.

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