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Posted: May 28 2014 at 7:11am |
The very essence of what we have inherited from slavery is the idea that it is appropriate, even "natural," for whites to be on top, Blacks on the bottom. In its core our culture tells us--tells all of us, including African Americans--that Europe's domination of the world came about because Europeans were smarter. In their core, many whites and some people of color believe this. White supremacy is not only a residue of slavery, to be sure. Developments in American history since slavery ended have maintained it.
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 7:12am |
Although textbook authors no longer sugarcoat how slavery affected African Americans, they minimize white complicity in it. |
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 7:13am |
The emotion generated by textbook descriptions of slavery is sadness, not anger. For there's no one to be angry at. Somehow we ended up with four million slaves in America but no owners! This is part of a pattern in our textbooks: anything bad in American history happened anonymously. Everyone named in our history made a positive contribution...Or as Frances FitzGerald put it when she analyzed textbooks in 1979, "In all history, there is no known case of anyone's creating a problem for anyone else."
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 7:22am |
In 1829, three years after Jefferson's death, David Walker, a black Bostonian, warned members of his race that they should remember Jefferson as their greatest enemy. "Mr. Jefferson's remarks respecting us have sunk deep into the hearts of millions of whites, and never will be removed this side of eternity." For the next hundred years, the open white supremacy of the Democratic Party, Jefferson's political legacy to the nation, would bear out the truth of Walker's warning.
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 7:52am |
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where is HB . She goes to sleep too early. I'm sick of it | This bitch.. Maybe you need to adjust to my time zone
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 8:05am |
14 double 0
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 8:13am |
 Still tun up from my weekend. Had a blast....got a free tan in the Sun on Monday. Enjoyed some good music. Had fun at the day party. Saw a couple a girls fall down the stairs that had on 6 inch heels. Met my mother's cousin at a island link up. So all in all I had a blast. This weekend I am going to catch up on my sleep.
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 8:18am |
So I missed the Mafia sign up.....fukkkkkkkkk  I will blame it on the Nutcrackers and all
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 8:28am |
Brjasuga51 wrote:
So I missed the Mafia sign up.....fukkkkkkkkk I will blame it on the Nutcrackers and all | BSuga I'm going to sign up next time. We can play together!
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Posted: May 28 2014 at 8:32am |
yes we shall...they do take that game to another level. U be missing...all fingers point at u...u new to the game....all fingers point at u
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