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To: 100%FEDUP

In the 90’s I took a required course in African American History in Georgia. The professor was African American, The course textbook was written by an African American. The people that argued with the professor the most were the African American students, who didn’t believe the textbook or the professor. The problem was the slave trade to Africa and Brazil were larger and much worse than the slave trade to America. The students just knew America was the worst. Then they didn’t want to believe that naval patrols by Great Britain and America finally brought the Atlantic slave trade to an end. And of course European armies had to have invaded Africa to gather the slaves, because the Africans wouldn’t sell slaves to white people. I just wished I could have had a phone that would have let me record it. And popcorn.... I enjoyed that class.


6 posted on 11/29/2022 5:47:11 PM PST by Waverunner
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To: Waverunner

Brazil/Portuguese imported 5 times the Africans as slaves as the US.

Huge difference was after arrival, their treatment by Portuguese was so brutal something like 50% died - thus the need to import more.

Good news today is that in the majority of Brazil - say 95% - prejudice is unknown for the simple reason that almost 95% of Brazilians have black blood and are mixed race.

But in upper crust business and government, the Europeans generally rule and the racism at that level is much worse than the worst here.


25 posted on 11/30/2022 7:15:07 AM PST by Arlis
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