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Why do a lot of White Americans suffer from white guilt?

A lot of races of people have committed atrocities throughout history. Why is it that most of the attention is put on whites? This leads to self-hatred.

Note: I am in no way condoning or justifying what the white race has done but they shouldn't be put on the spot when other humans have done similar things.
To be fair the white race has caused the most destruction out of all, but then again it has also given humanity a lot of advancements.

I've encountered two different types in my lifetime: on one extreme is the person you speak of; the person who experiences white guilt. But on the other is the person who refuses to believe that the past has anything to do with what goes on now in this country. In reference to the former, my best guess is that it is because they, more than others, have benefited from the atrocities that they committed against others in America (and continue to do so). Other groups have done the same, but you have to also remember that Americans, for the most part, don't really focus too much on what goes on in other parts of the world or throughout history unless it somehow effected us. I don't think that White America necessarily has anything to feel guilty about. Hell, we have all benefited in some way, shape or form from past generations. The guilt is definitely overkill, but it's nice to know that someone's conscience is at work. All they need to do is acknowledge that they, more than anybody else, have reaped the benefits from this country's ugly past. It doesn't change what happened in the past, nothing will. But I think that's where the healing begins...

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