#Slavery

Honestly one of the best book reviews I think I've ever read. Alongside a thoughtful analysis of both books it also sets out the limits of what greater historical understanding
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The smartest trick ever played on Africans was to be given suburban houses & a flash car. Throw a few toys in the playpen to distract us while they continued
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As Confederate statues came down this year, a commission deliberated on the fate of a huge portrait of Thomas Ruffin in the NC Supreme Ct. Ruffin was a slave batterer
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Christian Insurrection Some here are offended by the characterization of this prayer, and the insurrection more broadly, as “Christian.” On one level, I’m sympathetic to this response. I, too, believe
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1/ There is a LOT of fear posting being done and shared right now. Yes, we're living in an unprecedented timeline. I can't imagine anything as crazy as the events
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Why does it seem like Democrat Governors intoduced the ChiCom flu into nursing homes in order to greatly magnify the death rate of the virus? Why did the Democrats try
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Deportations, a long thread. There is a lot in the news at the moment regarding deportations and some of it tends to get confusing and mixed up. Essentially there are
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A Kentucky voting history (from a pandemic stalled project): The first western state, KY has been a crucible for national change (fight me).The 1792 Constitution enfranchised all men regardless
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At the risk of sounding like a real firebrand: I think there are a lot of people who would love to see America lose her global standing as punishment for
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People tell me "it's ridiculous to say the UK is the most corrupt nation on Earth. Look at Zimbabwe! Look at Nigeria!"But where is the stolen money laundered? The City
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Since I published Decolonizing Data Viz a month ago, I've seen many people point out historical viz that has not been included in the traditional white male canon. Here's a
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I really resent Obama framing white supremacy, slavery and class oppression as "imperfections" of the constitution and somehow spinning a tale of American exceptionalism out of genocide, injustice and dehumanization.
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No, brownskin is a direct descendant of brownbone & dates back to early attempts to describe the range of skin tones present in Black American spaces. See also yellowbone &
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Those saying, over the past few days and on the House floor today, that impeachment, or accountability broadly, will only stoke more division and violence should learn the dark history
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Naomi Osaka & Kanye are in Haiti at the same time lol wonder what that's gonna mean for all the Haitians who were terrorized into homelessness by [u.s.] government-backed militias
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Since “Hamilton” is trending and it’s July 4th, reminder that Alexander Hamilton was born in the Caribbean island of Nevis and fled to the North American mainland to escape impending
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