[VRW Conspirator]

... African-American colleagues Norton and state Rep. Pat Smith (D), who argued that school children should not be required to recite words that were written during a time in history when slavery was prevalent.

Well then, I guess they want to shut down Sunday Schools, because the Bible was written "during a time in history when slavery was prevalent."

[Big Giant Head]

Well then, I guess they want to shut down Sunday Schools, because the Bible was written "during a time in history when slavery was prevalent."

The ABOLITION of slavery happened during a time when slavery was prevalent. Perhaps we should roll that back also? Logic hurts sometimes.

[Paleo Pete]

I wonder if she ever just might realize that her job exists only because of that document...

[GailA]

Most so called ‘slaves’ were poor white Welsh/Irish/Scottish decent, who sold their services for 7 years for passage to America. Or those trying to escape religious persecution. Called INDENTURED SERVANTS. Have an ancestor on the Muir side, and yes it’s the Muir side that champions the Redwoods in CA. He came to the US as an INDENTURED SERVANT as a 11 year old cabin boy. We have the papers of INDENTURE.

People forget how many white INDENTURED SLAVES there were in the USA because of the Potato Crop failure and the Enclosures that threw people off land they’d farmed for generations. And the Religious persecution.