Each and every negro in the USA who is descended from slaves should give profound thanks daily for the North American slave trade, which RESCUED their ancestors (and, by extension, THEM) from the poorest - BY FAR - continent on planet earth!ScottMon » 16 Jan 2023, 4:35 pm » wrote: ↑ I am saying that a legacy of segregation and poverty has left a pronounced mark on the black community. For hundreds of years, Black Americans were treated like trash and only within the last 50 years has any real change occured to that.