Slavery in the USA

It seems like people try to minimize the state of race relations by explaining that every country at one point had slaves.  The real question then is How are the descendents of slaves in Europe and elsewhere treated?  The KKK formed as a response to the Union winning the civil war and it was not until the past 50 years that their presence and influence has seriously begun to diminish.  The more common problem nowadays is people trying to act like racism was never there.  People throwing the "N" word around like it's part of a math equation.  People ignoring or justifying the racism that exists in their friends and neighbors.  I do think a lot of people, black and white, fail to understand that slavery, as its' own independent thing, is NOT unique to the US.  It's not something only black people experienced.  But A) How were those slaves treated?  if they were treated with the same contempt and disregard that black slaves in the US were, are those other countries who allowed slavery doing ANYTHING to try and make amends to the people in their populace whose ancestors faced it or are they just trying to forgive themselves and expect that others do the  same?

I don't think most black people are expecting white people to donate a kidney for the cause.  There has to be some level of forgiveness at hand otherwise the whole thing is pointless.  I think a little bit of political correctness, with a spirit of kindness and understanding is in order.   Sometimes it does go too far, especially when people decide to police and re-police certain descriptions of people groups or characteristics thereof...[I understand not using the term "negro", but seriously????] But generally, what people call political correctness is simply being considerate.  But yes, if you're just doing it so you won't get chewed out for not being considerate, then... either way as far as I'm concerned.  Not that my opinion really means anything...