I’m not apologizing for America, or white people

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As most of America celebrated 250 years since the birth of the American independence, the “progressive” left took the opportunity to posture on their pseudo-virtue; Zohran Mamdani in particular droned on and on, spinning a tale of revisionism to elevate the third world hordes somehow being conflated with the European pilgrims, pioneers, and settlers who actually built America, and “slamming” the United States for institutional and systemic “inequality,” which apparently permeates and overshadows all else:

JUST IN: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani used America’s 250th anniversary to sharply criticize the country, accusing the U.S. of allowing children to go hungry while billionaires and “oligarchs” gain more power.
He said America’s wealth was built by working people with “calloused,… pic.twitter.com/p7Ayuza5je
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 3, 2026

(Mamdani is like the guy in Airplane who doesn’t ever shut up and people are literally killing themselves so they don’t have to listen to one more second of his rambling.)

Now, the inability to say sorry for committed wrongs is a really obnoxious aspect of human existence, at least in my experience—I have two sons, one of whom seems incapable of apologizing, the other who spits out an “I’m-sorry-do-you-forgive-me” so quickly, it can only go his way after that.

But, individuals like Mamdani have worn out any sort of sympathy for their cause and case, and I’m not apologizing for America, and I’m not apologizing for white people. (Not that I ever did, but now I’m completely unwilling to even hear them out.)

Why should I apologize for the fact that Africans sold their own kin into the Transatlantic slave trade? I’ve never owned a slave, and I never will.

Am I benefitting in any way from America’s brief period of slavery? I say brief because slavery effectively ended in 1865, which was just 89 years after America was born (before that, it was British slavery), meaning it was only around for 35% of American history. That’s a minority of the time. But to answer the question no, no I’m not—I’m abusively taxed, having around half of my earned income stolen through various means, all to pay for other people—including distant descendants of enslaved populations— to eat and live. The irony is, I’m actually a slave for them.

Should I be “sorry” that whites are so creative and functional, responsible for endless inventions and advancements, which then brought convenience and prosperity to populations around the world? Why should I feel guilty that other people don’t do the same? Who’s stopping Africa from getting it together? Who’s stopping the George Floyds and the Karmelo Anthonys from being productive members of society? No one.

Am I supposed to feel bad that Christian ideals are entirely responsible for building up such a great nation, a reality replicated in every other place they were exported to? No. Absolutely not. Because I don’t.

Do “progressives” like Mamdani expect me to deny Western cultural superiority because migrants and minorities commit essentially all the crime every public space they enter quickly falls into chaos and ruin? Because I won’t.

What in the world should I, or we, be sorry for? The answer is, absolutely nothing.

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