Level of Happiness, and Health Status among Arab Americans. Let’s try a little harder and see what happens. slave trade banned, Between 50,000 and 25,000 Blacks continued to be imported. The only way to achieve true equality is through colorblindness. Maybe it’s time to consciously abandon our internal ranking system. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. The very first thing that we do when we see a person is compare their appearance to our own. Powell, Benjamin tags: bullying, child-abuse, child-violence, rage Read more quotes from Aaron B. Pay attention, be involved in your children’s lives. But once they have children who sound just like everyone else there is no concrete way to tell them apart from the “natives.” As human beings, we naturally find ways to categorize ourselves. Happiness in Slavery: Essays, Short Stories, and Other Weird Shit Powell, Aaron B on . It is the selfish parents who are to blame. There is no concrete way to tell them apart from anyone else except that they might sound different. Imagine now that illegal Mexicans who sneak into America in hopes of making a better life for their families are this same neutral skin color, just like “white” people and “black” people. After Abolition, when former slaves had children they were no longer given marks to tell them apart from anyone else. The only way that slave holders were able to tell the slaves apart from themselves was by marking them in some manner, like a brand or something. Instead, white people and black people were both the same neutral skin color. “Imagine for a just a moment, if you will, that the slaves who were brought to America weren’t dark-skinned.

Happiness in Slavery by Aaron B. Powell