Slightly off topic: Have you noticed how we are warned not to blame the Chinese for a virus that originated in their country BUT ... we are ALWAYS reminded how evil Europeans brought diseases to the New World ...
“Warning” only works if it’s like Schumer and if it includes “you’ll never know what hit you” or watch yourself or don’t walk down any dark streets.
Those are warnings.
These people are so stupid that it hurts my soul.
The 1619 Project is nothing more than another assault on our history. On this particular claim, even the British did not abolish African slavery until the 1830s so the slavery claim is a patent lie. Completely and totally.
The British House of Commons no longer had the correct representation basis the UK’s population shift over time. Some of the members had seats but literally no constituents. If the colonies were going to actually get representation (no taxation without representation), then many in the House of Commons would lose their seats.... Hence, the colonies were cheated out any recognition regarding being taxed... Stamp Act... tariffs.... whatever. Slavery had nothing to do with it.
And, of course, there is the inconvenient fact that from 1619 to 1642 there was no slavery in the English colonies in America. There was indentured servitude, but indentures could be worked off, yielding freedom. Slavery in the colonies did not exist until a crown court in Virginia decreed that a certain man (John Casor), up until then an indentured servant, owed his labor to the holder of his indenture (Anthony Johnson) for the rest of his life.
It is not about history
This so-called project is about political agendas.
Wasn’t that long ago that some modern historians were arguing that a significant chunk of Washington’s Continental Army were freed blacks. I seem to remember a figure of 20%? That’s something I wasn’t taught in public schools.
I wonder how the 1619 Project authors would twist their arguments to account for that?
A female double-barreled name, quoted in the NY Times. Before even looking, I’m going to guess her background, education, ideology, and life-story. Let’s see if I’m correct.
fake history is fake news
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Any truth to the rumor God threw Adam and Eve out of the garden because they were racists? I’m sure that one of the “civil rights” advocates will claim that sooner or later.
Since the liberals are the ones who want open borders and illegals coming into USA and that is where the sex slaves are created.... Well they are to blame for current slavery of the worst kind!
Rewriting history now that they have all the idiots attention they can feed them sh## and the will eat it
So, the British were eeevil white colonizers/ oppressors everywhere in the world except in the American colonies, where they nobly fought *against* slavery?
These “progressive” nitwits keep shooting their own arguments down.