The Unique History of White Evil Theory

A perfect illustration of the Unique History of White Evil theory came across my attention today. Andrew Hawkins (pictured to the right) felt compelled to apologise to a crowd of thousands of Africans. His regret was not for his own actions but offered on behalf of his ancestor, who traded in African slaves 444 years ago. (Source BBC News).

This behavior reflects a belief in the odious anti-white racial theory known as the Unique History of White Evil theory. Under this theory, "whites cannot evade history" because guilt is based on ancestry, which in practice means race.

Guilt should be based on either behavior or consent; when it is based on ancestry, innocence is no defence. I'll repeat that because it is the essence of racism: Innocence is no defence.

One way of confronting this racial theory is to accept it. Yes, you read that right; to accept the notion that we are responsible for the crimes of our ancestors in order to demonstrate the absurdity of this racial theory. Two examples:

Taste your own medicine:

"African colonialism over Spain by the Moors lasted 700 years, yet European colonialism over Africa lasted only 400 years. Since under your racial theories we are all responsible for the deeds of our ancestors, when do you suppose the Africans will deign to pay us reparations for the 300 year difference? I am still suffering from post-colonial trauma and I need free stuff to recover!"

Debits and credits:

"White colonialism over Africa introduced Western medicine, sanitation and agricultural practices that allowed the native population to increase five fold, from 100 million to today's 500 million plus. Thus, four out of five Blacks owe their very existence to Whites. Since under your racial theories we are responsible for the crimes of our ancestors, we are also responsible for the good things done by them, i.e. we'll take our ancestor's debits only if we also take their credits. So sure we owe slavery reparations, but four out of five Blacks owe us their lives and property in return."

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