avatarVytas Stoskus

Summary

The article discusses the contentious issue of historical responsibility, suggesting that white Europeans will continue to be associated with the atrocities of their ancestors, such as slavery and colonialism, and that interracial marriage may be a path to overcoming racial divisions.

Abstract

The author, Vytas Stoskus, addresses the lingering perception of guilt by association that white Europeans face due to their ancestors' involvement in slavery, colonialism, genocide, and apartheid. He argues that the descendants of those oppressed will likely always harbor resentment towards the descendants of the oppressors. Stoskus notes the increasing rates of interracial relationships, even in traditionally conservative countries like Lithuania, as a positive shift that may eventually dissolve racial boundaries. He posits that this intermingling could be humanity's best chance to transcend the innate tendency to segregate along racial lines. The article also serves as a call to action, inviting readers to alleviate their guilt by supporting the author's work financially or through engagement with his content.

Opinions

  • The author believes that white Europeans are inevitably linked to their ancestors' wrongdoings and will be viewed as such by the descendants of those who were oppressed.
  • Stoskus suggests that the concept of racial purity is being challenged by the increasing prevalence of interracial relationships, which he sees as a positive development.
  • The article implies that guilt by association with historical atrocities will persist until the white race is "absorbed" by darker-skinned races through intermarriage.
  • The author expresses that the mixing of races may be the only solution to overcome humanity's pull towards racial segregation.
  • Stoskus offers a way for readers to ease their guilt over historical injustices by contributing to his work, indicating that such support will also help address current societal issues.
  • He encourages readers to engage with his content by commenting, clapping, sharing, and subscribing, acknowledging his own limitations with social media and the importance of reader support in amplifying his message.
© Vytas Stoskus, 2024

Fascist White Power Numbnuts Ask:

Why should I offer compensation for something my ancestors did to someone long ago?

It’s not a question of whether whites should or should not be guilty for something their white ancestors did to Africans, the Roma, & to virtually the rest of humanity, but that is how the descendants of the formerly oppressed will virtually always see them — the descendants & benefactors of slavery, colonialism, genocide, or apartheid. Just as the victims of Soviet Russia will always, at least mentally, spit in the face of every Russian because of what their aggressor forefathers during the Stalin Era or during the Russian Empire did to their ancestors, so will all those who suffered at the hands of white slavers, colonizers, & the perpetrators of genocide or apartheid.

This guilt by association will follow the white European race till they are fully absorbed by the darker races which will eventually liquidate them by darkening everyone’s skins through intermarriage which is happening at ever-increasing rates due to freer travel, especially by the world’s youth.

Even in a country as racist, ultraconservative, & tradition-oriented as Lithuania, roughly 10% of the young folks are living with or are married to someone of foreign origin, so the color margins are shifting, for many foreigners in Lithuania are dark-skinned students from southern India & an increasing number are from Africa.

It’s heartening to see this shift occurring as Europe’s youth flows back & forth between their homes & their semesters abroad or their travel jaunts during holidays & vacations. This mixing of the races may be the only way humanity will ever overcome its persistent pull to be “with one’s own kind.”

© Vytas Stoskus, 2024 www.stoskus.net/en/

For guilt-alleviating addendum, please read on.

This will ease the mountains of GUILT which I’m sure are accumulating in your soul for not pitching in & helping. It will also reduce the amassing guilt around issues of greed, injustice, or whatever sins you may not care to even think about let alone discuss. Fear not, all will be forgiven.

If you like my slicing, dicing, & blending of humor with insights, which I think you might considering you’ve read this far, & do not fear my outspoken radical thinking, writing, & heresies opposed to the stupidities which are taking down humanity & civil society, please kick in a one-time or monthly support of $3, $6, $9, or whatever sum you can in multiples of $3 at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/vytasjstoskus?ref=onboarding_email_share2

Comments are most welcome, but please do this on the site where it will help my algorithm draw more readers to my writing. I’d like to hear your views about what I write, even the not so positive or gentle. & please, clap to your heart’s content, well . . . almost. There is a limit of 50 claps.

Sharing this article with others will also help significantly as I am a computer idiot & have not mastered social media for its effectiveness.

Signing up to receive notices at www.medium.com whenever I publish an article would be most appreciated & helpful in keeping my devilish humor & commentary piercing & relevant to whatever the universe spits up that morning.

Thank you so much. Have a joyful day.

White Power
Slavery Reparations
Colonialism
Genocide
Racism
Recommended from ReadMedium