MethidMan 
[@Mikey](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5243657#post_5243657)
> [@Background Pony \#0E9C](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5243655#post_5243655)
> I highly disagree with the notion that white people are inherently racist and oppressors. I'm not responsible for what my ancestors did 200 years ago.
You might wanna watch [this](https://youtu.be/iLWo8B1R0MY) then:. A Michigan state senator gave a pretty badass speech in response to a colleague’s right wing fundraising efforts, which had asserted that she was trying to groom children when she voiced support for civil rights.
> I am a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom who knows that the very notion that learning about slavery or redlining or systemic racism means that children are being taught to feel bad or hate themselves because they are white is absolute nonsense.
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> No child alive today is responsible for slavery. No one is this room is responsible for slavery. But each and every single one of us bears responsibility for writing the next chapter of history. We decide what happens next, and how we respond to history and the world around us.
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> We are not responsible for the past. We also cannot change the past. We can’t pretend that it didn’t happen, or deny people their very right to exist.
> [@Background Pony \#0E9C](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5243655#post_5243655)
> I highly disagree with the notion that white people are inherently racist and oppressors. I'm not responsible for what my ancestors did 200 years ago.
You might wanna watch [this](https://youtu.be/iLWo8B1R0MY) then
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> No child alive today is responsible for slavery. No one is this room is responsible for slavery. But each and every single one of us bears responsibility for writing the next chapter of history. We decide what happens next, and how we respond to history and the world around us.
>
> We are not responsible for the past. We also cannot change the past. We can’t pretend that it didn’t happen, or deny people their very right to exist.