Discussion on Race and Slavery

than the enslavement of a people here in America was based on

race.

No. Y- y- y- why would it be based on race?

Why would it not be?

Because they bought people they can buy.

Maybe they were cheaper

than if they bought Europeans.

Okay. But once they arrived here, who was

exclusively being a slave?

But why should it be exclusively enslaved?

Why? Who, who was it?

What, what does it mean by exclusive?

I can only have-

White people being-

I, I have what I can afford

And, and let's-

Americans bought Black people for a, a, a whole

l- lot of reasons. One of them, I would believe, is that they

are easy to be

purchased, right?

Okay, so then-

And they purchased them

... let's, let's agree-

Mm-hmm

... Blacks were easy to be purchased.

Yes.

And they purchased them.

Yeah.

So

it was still based on race because Blacks were easy to be purchased,

so-

No

... those people-

It was based on economy

... were enslaved.

If it was Indians who were easy to be purchased,

they would've purchased Indians

also.

But it was Blacks.

If it was Europeans, they would have purchased Europeans.

But it was Blacks.

Yes.

It was Africans, right?

Yes, but you keep saying-

Okay. Wait, wait

... just because it was Blacks-

So, so, so that's, that's not-

... and I keep explaining to you

... that, that's based on race

... first of all, hear me go back and maybe I can explain it to you.

That... Hold, wait, wait, wait, wait.

If slavery... Then, then you can...

If slavery happened always everywhere, always

between only two distinct colors, then we can say slavery was based-

That's not what I'm saying

... but in Europe, in Asia, everyone has bought somebody and

held somebody a slave.

Okay.

Same colors.

And we're talking about America.

Now, you asked me about America. Yes, America bought Black people

and held them as

slaves.

Yeah.

I believe what they used them for, for economic purposes.

And it was based on race.

No.

No, it wasn't.

No.

Okay.

Economic purpose