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Hurray for me. I have institutional privilige. A Bachelors of History from (UNNAMED) university. I shall now delve into the recently Pullitzer Prize award winning 1619. May god have mercy on my soul.
www.nytimes.com
Right out the fucking gate, in the very preamble, this shit is wrong. A Portuguese ship, blown off course from its destination IN BRAZIL, ended up in Virginia with a bunch of west Africans on it. The Virginia Colony of 1619 was a very marginal place and they had little to offer. The Portuguese ship traded the West Africans to the colony in exchange for supplies to return to Portugal. As indentured servants. At this time Slavery was a product of Portugal and Spain, not England and the English colonists had no idea what to do with these people except to put them to work the same way they did WHITE indentured servants. 7 years forced labor, followed by emancipation.
Except virtually 3/4ths of the country. I guess. Even in Virginia slavery was not the primary economic mode. This came later in the 18th century, and primarily in deep southern America. The other part of America untouched by Slavery ended up fighting a war to end it. So I guess you could say it was touched by Slavery, but I don't think this is the point trying to be made.
the entire paragraph preceding this statement were lies though. But okay. Lets hear the truth now....
Tell that to the White Americans at Gettysburg.
lol, could not CNTRL-V this part. I wonder why. American Capitalism was represented by the Union, with massive factories staffed by free men who churned out massive amounts of war material to arm free men to make slaves free. The Plantations were an example of failed economic models. Feudalism and Mercantalism. These were introduced to the New World by the Kings of Spain and France as a means to extend the power of their monarachies and nobility to new lands. Capitalism, wielded by the Union Government, used Free Men, to empower Free Soldiers, to Free the slaves. Fucking commies.
Website goes into claims that sites of slave trading are forgotten. Derp. Shouldn't they be?
Holy selective bias batman. And how exactly are these myths justified in American policy today? At all?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/republicans-racism-african-americans.html
Lies.
Lies again. Wtf, this is nothing but unsubstantiated statements of fact. What is there to argue about? Where is the research?
Oh good, something I can actually sink my teeth into. This refers to the fact that interstate highways, particularly Interstate 95, were guided through historically black neighborhoods, in some cases bifurcating them in half. There is actually a racial injustice behind this that needs to be addressed, but its an issue that is truly only important to people along the I-95 corridor. Among Historians, Interstate 95 is the route of Americas shame. Not only is it the highway of segregation, but its also the one where the people who built it needed to set aside special areas for sorting human remains. Especially through Virginia. The amount of corpses the builders of I-95 found in unmarked graves Virginia were staggering. All products of the civil war. Final irony that it would also be used as a tool of racial segregation. Shameful yes, but not the whole story. And certainly not something you can paint THE ENTIRE COUNTRY with.
lol, another thing I could not Cntl-C. Its almost like the Copy/Paste function gets disabled for the overtly commie talking points. This quote is not even a lie. Its moronic.
Another quote I could not cntl-c. Its also...uh...something. I guess.
I am starting to notice a theme here, with statements that I cannot cntrl C and have to screenshot instead. In this case I am actually going to address this stupidity because there is something I can actually address. America, and English Colonies, accounted for very little of the Sugar trade. If consequences for slavery with regards to sugar need to be made, they need to be made before Madrid, Lisbon, and Paris, not London and Washington DC. The English Colonies largely never dealt in sugar, and neither did England outside its holdings in Jamaica. Haiti, the Heart of French sugar production in the 18th century, had a greater GDP then all 13 of the English North American colonies COMBINED, and it did not hold a candle to Portugals holdings in Brazil. So much so in fact that of the ENTIRE Atlantic slave trade, 90% of it went to South America and the Caribbean. Not to North America.
Next quote is cntl-c restricted too.
Oh boy. There is indeed a wealth gap. This statement refers to policies of restricting black families from acquiring property. The part about "redlining" is particularly poignant. Want to know the history of that? Of course you do. You are listening to a student of history ramble about this nonsense. Redlining refers to the policies of the city of Chicago, run by the DEMOCRATS to divide city property up by race, using the light rail Red Line as the demarcation point between where they would allow for decent construction for white people and everyone else. This policy was incidentally, supported by the National democratic party which was the party of racial segregation. Red Lining policies were not enforced outside democrat run cities it should be noted, and rural African Americans were free to purchase property if they wanted it, leading to a very marked cultural and social divide. Unfortunately, rural African Americans constitute a minority within a minority, largely due to many of the African American share croppers moving to Democratic party run cities hoping for a better life and instead ending up segregated in ghettos and housing projects due to red lining and Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society.
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Oh good, I can cntrl-C again
Oh no. Never mind, I take it back. I am sorry, do I really need to go into the history of the term "re-Education?" Because I really don't want too. Suffice to say, this term killed more people then Hitlers term "master race". By orders of magnitude.
At this point I think its probably a good thing most Americans have not learned this "history".
Okay.
Would you like to know more? Well you need to pay the New York Times for the privlige. Apparently all of these sweeping generalized statements have an entire article behind the pay wall. I suggest you save your money.
The 1619 Project
American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin.
Right out the fucking gate, in the very preamble, this shit is wrong. A Portuguese ship, blown off course from its destination IN BRAZIL, ended up in Virginia with a bunch of west Africans on it. The Virginia Colony of 1619 was a very marginal place and they had little to offer. The Portuguese ship traded the West Africans to the colony in exchange for supplies to return to Portugal. As indentured servants. At this time Slavery was a product of Portugal and Spain, not England and the English colonists had no idea what to do with these people except to put them to work the same way they did WHITE indentured servants. 7 years forced labor, followed by emancipation.
Except virtually 3/4ths of the country. I guess. Even in Virginia slavery was not the primary economic mode. This came later in the 18th century, and primarily in deep southern America. The other part of America untouched by Slavery ended up fighting a war to end it. So I guess you could say it was touched by Slavery, but I don't think this is the point trying to be made.
the entire paragraph preceding this statement were lies though. But okay. Lets hear the truth now....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html
Tell that to the White Americans at Gettysburg.
lol, could not CNTRL-V this part. I wonder why. American Capitalism was represented by the Union, with massive factories staffed by free men who churned out massive amounts of war material to arm free men to make slaves free. The Plantations were an example of failed economic models. Feudalism and Mercantalism. These were introduced to the New World by the Kings of Spain and France as a means to extend the power of their monarachies and nobility to new lands. Capitalism, wielded by the Union Government, used Free Men, to empower Free Soldiers, to Free the slaves. Fucking commies.
Website goes into claims that sites of slave trading are forgotten. Derp. Shouldn't they be?
Holy selective bias batman. And how exactly are these myths justified in American policy today? At all?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/republicans-racism-african-americans.html
Lies.
Lies again. Wtf, this is nothing but unsubstantiated statements of fact. What is there to argue about? Where is the research?
Oh good, something I can actually sink my teeth into. This refers to the fact that interstate highways, particularly Interstate 95, were guided through historically black neighborhoods, in some cases bifurcating them in half. There is actually a racial injustice behind this that needs to be addressed, but its an issue that is truly only important to people along the I-95 corridor. Among Historians, Interstate 95 is the route of Americas shame. Not only is it the highway of segregation, but its also the one where the people who built it needed to set aside special areas for sorting human remains. Especially through Virginia. The amount of corpses the builders of I-95 found in unmarked graves Virginia were staggering. All products of the civil war. Final irony that it would also be used as a tool of racial segregation. Shameful yes, but not the whole story. And certainly not something you can paint THE ENTIRE COUNTRY with.
lol, another thing I could not Cntl-C. Its almost like the Copy/Paste function gets disabled for the overtly commie talking points. This quote is not even a lie. Its moronic.
Another quote I could not cntl-c. Its also...uh...something. I guess.
I am starting to notice a theme here, with statements that I cannot cntrl C and have to screenshot instead. In this case I am actually going to address this stupidity because there is something I can actually address. America, and English Colonies, accounted for very little of the Sugar trade. If consequences for slavery with regards to sugar need to be made, they need to be made before Madrid, Lisbon, and Paris, not London and Washington DC. The English Colonies largely never dealt in sugar, and neither did England outside its holdings in Jamaica. Haiti, the Heart of French sugar production in the 18th century, had a greater GDP then all 13 of the English North American colonies COMBINED, and it did not hold a candle to Portugals holdings in Brazil. So much so in fact that of the ENTIRE Atlantic slave trade, 90% of it went to South America and the Caribbean. Not to North America.
Next quote is cntl-c restricted too.
Oh boy. There is indeed a wealth gap. This statement refers to policies of restricting black families from acquiring property. The part about "redlining" is particularly poignant. Want to know the history of that? Of course you do. You are listening to a student of history ramble about this nonsense. Redlining refers to the policies of the city of Chicago, run by the DEMOCRATS to divide city property up by race, using the light rail Red Line as the demarcation point between where they would allow for decent construction for white people and everyone else. This policy was incidentally, supported by the National democratic party which was the party of racial segregation. Red Lining policies were not enforced outside democrat run cities it should be noted, and rural African Americans were free to purchase property if they wanted it, leading to a very marked cultural and social divide. Unfortunately, rural African Americans constitute a minority within a minority, largely due to many of the African American share croppers moving to Democratic party run cities hoping for a better life and instead ending up segregated in ghettos and housing projects due to red lining and Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society.
Okay
Okay
okay
Oh good, I can cntrl-C again
Oh no. Never mind, I take it back. I am sorry, do I really need to go into the history of the term "re-Education?" Because I really don't want too. Suffice to say, this term killed more people then Hitlers term "master race". By orders of magnitude.
At this point I think its probably a good thing most Americans have not learned this "history".
Okay.
Would you like to know more? Well you need to pay the New York Times for the privlige. Apparently all of these sweeping generalized statements have an entire article behind the pay wall. I suggest you save your money.