Mosca, you can't tell who is a descendent of an oppressor and who is not just by looking at them. A large number of White people in the US came here AFTER the Civil War and their ancestors never had slaves. A good number of Blacks also came here after slavery was outlawed, so they may have been discriminated against, but not truly oppressed. A good part of my family is German and Jewish - 2 groups discriminated against in the US for centuries. Because of my skin color though, (I practically disappear in fresh snow), I'm not obviously part of a group that was historically oppressed. Was it as bad for my ancestors as it was for Blacks? Not in the US, but Europe wasn't exactly fun and games for them. Don't forget that many countries in Africa practiced slavery in the past - a few still do, such as Sudan. This started well before the Europeans showed up. Some of the Blacks in the US have ancestors who were the oppressors, not the oppressed. It's just not as cut and dried as White = oppressor, Black = oppressed.