Someone asked me if I could go back and history what period would I live in. I responded, "and be black? I wouldn't do it" Yes I am black. I think they were a little offended, should they have been?
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Nellie Wise Gamgee
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No. You gave your honest opinion on the matter and they asked so they should want no less than your opinion.. That is what they asked for.
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Actually I don't think you could have given a better answer.
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It doesn't matter if they were offended. That's how YOU feel. Whether they agree with it or not is something that THEY have an issue with and it shouldn't matter to you- let alone have you worry about their opinion.
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no. you gave an honest opinion to what they said and if anything i think you should be offended because black people have been used as slaves for so long and even today in free countries aften get treated badly. I would tell them that they have no reason to be offended for you not wanting to go back to slavery or when the protests were going on or any of those hard times.
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No, I don't think it was offensive. There are certain periods of history I'd love to visit but wouldn't want to do it as a woman!
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No. It's your opinion and you're entitled to it. I'd imagine you meant it in the sense of not having to face all the hardships that Black people endured in earlier times. I know that you don't have to explain yourself, but perhaps doing so would enlighten the person, give them something to think about.
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Your skin colour (black) isn't a period of time, so your answer to their question might now of made much sense. Anyway wouldn't you have fitted in when the Egyptians were around? A few of the rulers were black.
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lol, I think it was helirous. Very good joke for a comedian. If I were black I probably would have said the same thing.. They should have thought before they asked a black person that... LOLOLOL
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I understand completely what you mean. My great-grandmother was half-black, born in England to an unknown father in 1875. to me, she was beautiful, but not to her peers. To look as she did, at that time in that place, must have been a nightmare, as that was not exactly an enlightened period. Small wonder that she and her family moved to New Zealand in 1912, where she felt much more comfortable, and her children fitted in just fine, with their beautiful dark skins and big brown eyes. People just assumed they were Maoris.
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Not at all. I think it's disgusting how people forget to view the past in context with the present, they see it as some kind of magical place where people lived differently and little more. In my opinion, American culture is somewhat to blame for that.
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I wouldn't want to be black in some periods either, I don't see why they'd be offended.
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They really shouldn't have a problem with it. I mean, why would they be offended by something that actually happened? Is it that they don't want you to mention it? They say, "Shhh! Don't talk about that!" Heh, funny.
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