[DuncanWaring]

Once they’re dumbed down, they’re easy to control and they follow orders.

That's why there was a time, in some states in this country, it was illegal to teach the slaves to read.

Today, the great-great-great-grandchildren of those illiterate slaves refuse to learn to read because it would be "acting white".

[laplata]

Once they’re dumbed down, they’re easy to control and they follow orders.
That’s why there was a time, in some states in this country, it was illegal to teach the slaves to read.

Today, the great-great-great-grandchildren of those illiterate slaves refuse to learn to read because it would be “acting white”.

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That’s right.

Before they were freed, many of the slaves were taught to read and write.