Slavery has been suffered by the entire human race, all over the planet. Had slavery been limited to one race in one country during three centuries, its tragedies would not have been one-tenth the magnitude they were in fact.
Why this provincial view of a worldwide evil? Often it is those who are most crucial of a "Eurocentic" view of the world who are most Eurocentric when it comes to the evils and failings of the human race.
Why would anyone wish to arbitrarily understate an evil that plagued mankind for thousands of years, unless it was not this evil itself that was the real concern, but rather the present-day uses of that historic evil? Clearly, the ability to score ideological points against American society or to induce guilt and thereby extract benefits from the white population today, are greatly enhanced by making enslavement appear to be a peculiarly American, or a peculiarly white, crime.
Has a special sense of grievance ever helped advance any people?
-Thomas Sowell, "Black Rednecks and White Liberals"
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