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Being white is awesome, so how could we be racist?
By Dawn Cutaia Being white is pretty awesome. Don’t get me wrong, if I were a white male instead of a white woman, my life would be even more awesome, but being a white female is still powerful. Being white … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights movement, Ku Klux Klan, racism, slavery, White people, York Daily Record
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America Never Really Ended Slavery
The new form of slavery has the same intent and purpose as the old: to rob us of our labor and to keep us powerless. By Jazz Hayden Photo Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM February 25, 2013 | February is African-American … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, Abolitionism, african american, black, business, commentary, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, incarceration, money, Nat Turner, prison, Prison Industrial Complex, slavery, United States, US Constitution, William Lloyd Garrison
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Phrase suggesting black families stronger under slavery removed from Bachmann, Santorum pledge
Even though the phrase was taken out of the pledge the fact that Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachmann signed it in the first place reflects their view on African Americans, homosexuals, and Muslims. I find it interesting that Candy Crowley on CNN’s “State of … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann stands by slavery comment
Michele Bachmann will not and cannot become the 45th President of the United States. Remember this! Michele Bachmann stands by slavery comment – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com.
The Myth of Black Confederates Persists
This is a fascinatingly interesting article by Lynette Holloway. Based on the state of Black America today, I can certainly understand if there were slaves who served in the Confederate Army of their own will. The psychological trauma and physical … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, civil war, Confederate Army, history, Lynette Holloway, slavery
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Why weakening the 14th amendment would reopen racial wounds
Monique Morris provides a compelling argument. An excellent piece on why any revisions of the 14th Amendment would be ill-conceived and wrong. Why weakening the 14th amendment would reopen racial wounds.
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Tagged 14th Amendment, citzenship, constitution, Dred Scott, immigration, slavery
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Sleeping in to save S.C. slave cabins
Slavery was the scourge of America. Joe McGill is doing us and our future generations a great service in bringing light to these vanishing structures. Many of us cannot afford to visit the sites in Africa where our ancestors were … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, african american, black, history, Joe McGill, slavery, South Carolina
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Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery
If you don’t watch anything today, you must watch this. Slavery must end!