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This is fine and dandy, except that it will be presented without historical context, which is that every civilization in history practiced slavery.
Western Civ of the 19th century, however, ended it. No other previous civilization had apparently even considered such a step.
Nothing but victim status politics to further fuel the race baiters and hate crime industry.
white people fought and died to end slavery
I’m a bit skeptical about this story.
There were several hundred thousand free Black people living in the South when this guy was kidnapped in New York.
I mean, what was the legal mechanism that protected all those Southern free Blacks, but completely failed to protect this guy from New York?
Oh well, a new generation to be indoctrinated into believing that white europeans in this country were the fascists of that time.
And we now have "core curriculum" to use as a vehicle for this indoctrination.
And that, students, is why blacks need affirmative action and all conservatives are racist.
It was a river of white men’s blood that set the slaves free in America.
But that part of the story is “de-emphasized.”
Leftist indoctrination, start them young on the white guilt.
It’s like what they are doing with the Jesus movies and churches.
Hollywood entertainment is entertainment.
Will it be mentioned that Republicans fought to end slavery while the Democrats fought to retain it?
Just like they tried to do with Amistad, which was mostly fiction.
I’m tired of all the tyranny these democrats/socialists and Obama keep imposing on us.
I wish we Americans could form massive protests as they did in Egypt , Ukraine , Georgia etc. . by we i mean those that believe in limited government (very limited) and freedom. I know some of us in Louisiana are ready for that and more, for TOTAL war against these socialist/democrat vermin
Half the truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin FranklinBy that I mean that even if the movie is essentially accurate, its emotional impact diverts from a larger truth. Namely, that slavery was universal, globally and throughout history, until the institution was delegitimated in the Nineteenth Century.
And it won't do to just leave that statement in the passive voice, "was delegitimated." It is true that Christianity accepted the institution of slavery from its own founding, and even after its establishment as the religion of the Roman Empire under Constantine, and even unto the Nineteenth Century. But compared to what? No other religion ever delegitimated slavery except under the influence (if not coercion) of Christians. Predominantly English speaking Christians (Black Rednecks and White Liberals, by Thomas Sowell).
An emotional dramatization of the evils of the practice of slavery by Christians, just before (in historical terms, very suddenly) Christianity delegitimated the institution globally, is a half truth and a great lie.
Its just coincidence that from kindergarten to high school graduation is also twelve years. The irony will get stronger as Common Core takes hold. /S
More propaganda.
Our society is drenched with info about slavery. Kids need to learn some other stuff too.
I liked the overall story, but found the movie lacking.
Incorporate other movies like Midway and The Longest Day if U.S. history is the true motivation.
I saw the movie.
It portrayed Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon negatively. Johnson was especially bad...ignorant, crude, racist. Nixon was shown as someone only interested in votes. Fine...it showed democrats to be worse than republicans. And it wasn’t too kind to the Black Panthers either.
But the ending ruined the movie.
The ending showed a lot of Obama ‘O’ symbols and everyone happy...not because a qualified black leader was elected, but because a black skin color was elected.
If shown in the classroom, students will get the impression the election of POTUS is some kind of reward, rather than choosing the best person to lead the country and serve the people.
That would be a waste of my time and yours. The purpose of "teaching" using this movie is to program the students to accept the government's worldview. What decent people think of as "education" has nothing to do with it.