True. Perhaps I've heard this word "blame" thrown out so much, that I may have misunderstood what you were trying to convey and the context of which you were expressing it. My bad.

However, as I read, research, and attempt to critically think at times, those that have caused the greatest and most mentally destructive damage to my people over the long run, with their Willie-Lynch-style treatments and their Western culture ideologies (superiority ideologies), were not folk who look like me. In my awareness of this, I am also fully aware that an African, long-time rival of my Tikar ancestors may have captured my paternal Tikar ancestor and sold her to a European slave trader who helped to implement one of the most inhumane forms of slavery that existed.

Take Care,
Mel