- Slavery, a historical reality across cultures, is wrongly portrayed in the West as exclusive to white people perpetrating it on non-whites. - Author [[Konstantin Kisin]], in his book "[[An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West | An Immigrant’s Love Letter]] to the West," condemns slavery while challenging the narrative of sole white guilt and emphasizing the global prevalence of slavery throughout history. - Kisin highlights the trans-Saharan slave trade, initiated by [[Muslims | Muslim]] traders, which surpassed the transatlantic slave trade in scale and brutality, and he criticizes the lack of acknowledgement of abolitionist efforts led by white individuals like [[William Wilberforce]]. ## Sources - [website](https://billmuehlenberg.com/2024/09/08/some-sense-and-sanity-on-slavery/)