Originally Posted by
mildcigar_2001
It is somewhat difficult to debate someone who doesn't understand even simple terms such as culture. For humans culture is almost all consuming.
A basic definition:
Culture consists of the beliefs, behaviors, objects, and other characteristics common to the members of a particular group or society. Through culture, people and groups define themselves, conform to society's shared values, and contribute to society. Thus, culture includes many societal aspects: language, customs, values, norms, mores, rules, tools, technologies, products, organizations, and institutions. This latter term institution refers to clusters of rules and cultural meanings associated with specific social activities. Common institutions are the family, education, religion, work, and health care.
It is obvious the the term culture would include the history that produced that culture.
It is a politically incorrect fact but a large number of countries that were former colonies were a lot better off with the colonial masters back in charge. A case in point is Rhodesia which once was the breadbasket of Africa can not even feed itself.
A love people who continue to whine and cry about slavery even after almost 150 years in the U.S. and almost 200 years in Haiti. It is an unhappy legacy but we need to move beyond it. My own ancestors were little more than serfs in europe when they immigrated in the 19th century, and I don't feel the need to blame the remote past for my current economic circumstances. The desendants of slaves need to man up and put their big boy pants on, and quit making excuses for themselves. Slavery flourished for several millienum throughout most of the world, most of the world has been able to move beyond its legacy, so too should the blacks.