“These days people spend thousands of dollars to visit the sun-kissed islands of the Caribbean. But in the 1700s you could go there for free, if you were black and you didn’t want to go there.”
-also CunkUpvoted because it’s criticising the un-united shithole of america with satire and also because people need to be made aware of the history of america that conservatives want to hide from you
Nobody’s really hiding the existence of slaves, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here
It’s not so much hiding as glazing over. The fact that anyone would argue that the civil war was about ‘states rights’ should tell you how poorly we recall our history
I’ll never forget reading a textbook in high-school that acknowledged the genocide of the Native Americans before quickly moving on to talk about how stately and wise the people who killed them were
Don’t forget about the genocide of the Native Americans!
The quote continues with roughly “the north asked the south if they want to live in an America with slavery where other races are exploited for prosperity, or one where they pretend they don’t”
Philomena Cunk is truly a global treasure.
Don’t say that out loud! The British Museum might hear you.
This always gets me. We’re told land of freedom and opportunity and all that. It was literally founded on slavery. And women couldn’t vote.
Beau of the fifth column says it so well: you’re taught American mythology, not American history.
