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salarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years ago

'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'

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'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'

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Students at Florida public schools will now learn that Black people benefitted from slavery because it taught them skills. This change is part of the African American history standards the State Board of Education approved at a Wednesday meeting. The description of slavery as beneficial is not t...
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    “But it was beneficial!”

    — People who wish they were slave owners

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      That reeks of “Don’t tax the rich, I could be rich one day!”

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        The Venn diagram of the kinds of crowds who say shit like that is just a single circle.

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