Some Germans here, too. In particular trickdeck lord iPox, database magician Nea, someone from PoxPoints (I think? Dunno) and ******* me. So that's a spectrum
WOW Your and many others life's are indeed a lie. i really don't see why so many ppl think this Anyway here's some funny education about The Netherlands (where dutch ppl are from ''duh'' ) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=772472766118412
My ancestors are German, moved to America in 1890, actually from Crimea, Russia. Germans from Russia. My dad's side of the family are from England/Scotland.
pretty much everyone in america is a foreigner considering the original peoples are pretty much extinct at this point.(in the states at least)
My ancestors were foreigners in Murica, a few hundred years ago. Some were beaten and/or disallowed from voting, because they opposed slavery. Proud of 'em. I am as American as my friends and/or coworkers from Mexico, Peru, Cuba, Honduras, Venezuala, and even Canada. Oh man, those Canadians are rascals. Somos familia.
yeah not all white people that immigrated to america supported or participated in what was done against the natives and africans, the problem though is when good people allow the smaller number of evil people to commit their crimes, this happens alot in human history. It is happening now with Islam, most Muslims are probably very good people but the small number of radicals make them all look bad. The best we can do is to try to be better than the people that came before us, if you look at history its difficult to comprehend the actions of our ancestors, there is alot of evil in the world...
half indians don't count lol... I don't think the indians can ever forgive the europeans considering they don't really exist anymore, had all of their native lands taken from them(imagine that happening to china, or england, or france), and their people completely destroyed(much much worse than what the germans did to the jews), lol. I am part indian too. The race group in america with the highest rate of death by police and suicide is native american indians, take a guess at why. Native american communities that still exist seem to be just as messed up or worse off than african american communities. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be a native american in 2015.
These are pretty messed up too but little different than what happened in the americas. You are right that this isn't that first time that complete genocide has occurred in human history, what happened in the americas is probably the worst case of it though.
you must be reffering to the dutch because what happened to the indians isn't something that can just be "forgiven". People aren't supposed to let stuff like that consume them, it is better to focus on progressing and moving forward but being an indian and saying you forgive what happened to your people is the same as saying you renounce your tribe and have forgotten those ancestors, which is your choice to make. You're half dutch so I can see why you may think that way and can forgive what happened. My great grandfather was Choctaw, although I do not consider myself a real native american because I am only part. I do not blame the descendants of the people who committed these atrocities but I can never forgive what was done to my people. They were basically wiped from existence and their homeland taken from them outright. 2 entire continents of people and thousands of years of history and culture destroyed permanently like they never existed. White people have a home, it's called Europe... But this is the harsh reality of the world we live in, hopefully the afterlife treats people better...
True, we had to be converted to Christians first before we could forgive. Those of us that couldn't assimilate due to their racism, well we don't like to talk about them.