>colontwisted 13 points an hour ago
>This is so annoying because the affects of american (99.99% white owning black) slavery are still felt today and the thought processes slave owners had are still here in america and much more tangible. The only times white people were enslaved were probably in the middle east (and africa?) i suppose, in that case the affects and thought processes are long gone and literally do not affect anyone currently. I'll copy paste another redditor's comment to clarify: The difference is that American slavery was based on race. There was no “white slave trade”[in the middle east], there were white people (along with every other race available) involved in the slave trade. Slaves were not considered subhuman, they were considered slaves. In America slavery was based on the notion that black people are not human and could not have any position in society other than slaves. There is a massive difference in the legacy of race based slavery in America and general slavery in other parts of the world."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeed
Abeed (Arabic: عبد, plural Abīd عبيد or al-Abīd العبيد), is a term in Arabic meaning "slaves". The name has been explained as an allusion to the submission that Muslims owe to God (Allah). Meyer dismisses this as "efforts by propagandists [to] explain the term away [that are] at the least, disingenuous".[1]
The term is widely used in the Middle East and North Africa by Arabs in reference to black people, this is due to the historical legacy of the Arab Slave Trade wherein black people from East Africa were bought or captured, enslaved and sold by Arabs.
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https://www.fairplanet.org/dossier/beyond-slavery/forgotten-slavery-the-arab-muslim-slave-trade/
“The practice of castration on black male slaves in the most inhumane manner, altered an entire generation as these men could not reproduce. The Arab masters sired children with the black female slaves. This devastation by the men saw those who survived committing suicide. This development explains the modern black Arabs who are still trapped by history,” said Liberty Mukomo, a lecturer at the University of Nairobi Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies.
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In a totally human manner! Not at all based on race!
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