By all accounts, there were more than just a few free blacks who owned black slaves, and while some of them “bought” family members to free them, many were treating them like…slaves. That strikes me as a problem for the reparations crowd.
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Christianity Ended Slavery
Remember this about slavery and racism: As of 300 years ago, slavery had been a normal practice nearly worldwide throughout human history. In the U.S., free Blacks, as well as whites, owned slaves (e.g., in 1830, about 3,770 blacks owned slaves).
A Reminder: The Difference Between “Equality” and “Equity”…
I wish more people really understood the difference between the two as I believe it is one of the most pernicious uses of the Left’s “redefining our Common Language out from underneath us all.”
If Gas Is Bad In Appliances Why Is Kamala’s Gaslighting Good?
Vice President Kamala Harris attacked Ron DeSantis over the African-American history curriculum in Florida, claiming that state officials want to “gaslight” students by teaching fallacies and that “… enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Middle Schoolers Cannot Handle Slavery
I heard the line today that became the title of this article, and I choked on my drink. The topic for today is the new Black History Curriculum developed in Florida for Middle Schoolers. Governor DeSantis assembled a team of scholars, including two Black intellectuals, to write an accurate account of slavery in America.
St. George Tucker: Our Original Originalist?
On July 10, 1752, St. George Tucker was born. He wrote the first systematic commentary on the U.S. Constitution and was one of the most influential jurists and legal scholars during the formative years of the United States.
Trespassing, Sage, Reparations, and Time…
The Left’s systemic guilt over how badly they continue to treat people of color has driven them to the only obvious solution. Make you pay for it. And that makes sense. Using people to advance their agenda is inherent in the ideology, and buying people off gets things done.
Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery
In efforts to undermine the Second Amendment, gun control advocates advance a variety of arguments claiming it does not confer an individual right to keep and bear arms and that it was ratified for reasons that make it morally illegitimate today.
If We Use The Democrat Rules … It is Long Past Time to Cancel The Democrat Party
Using rules against political opponents is precisely the antics Saul Alinsky loved. Make them live up to their own book of rules. Dems try to do it all the time, but a Republican State Senator in Florida just that idea to a whole new level.
Blogline of the Day – And It Is Your Government That Is the Oppressor. How Can It Not Be?
I was looking through our archives for mentions of the Frankfurt School, and Antonio Gramsci for my “Disney’s REALLY gone Woke” post, and this popped up from 2016. While not directly in line, it does approach in a similar fashion because it REQUIRES Government to carry out the action.
The“Anti-Discrimination Law” Must Not Be Repealed
When I taught English as an adjunct college instructor, one literary genre that I considered extremely interesting was that of the slave narrative. Hundreds of slaves, overcoming unimaginable obstacles, not only learned how to read but also wrote down their stories which revealed the truth about the horrors of slavery.
Would You Drive an EV if You Knew The Human Cost?
The next time you bump into a green-energy, electric vehicle futurist who seems a bit too committed to the Net-Zero lie, take a deep breath and then ask them this. So, you’re okay with the human trafficking and slavery required to make that possible?
End Slavery as a Form of Punishment
This past Tuesday, four States abolished slavery. Yes, slavery as punishment is legal in the United States under the 13th Amendment punishment clause.
Slavery’s Reparations
One of my favorite subjects that we haven’t heard enough of lately is reparations to be paid to the descendants of American slaves. Steve Mac Donald, here on the Grok, recently brought up the subject (haven’t read it yet). I got so excited that I just jumped at the chance to express my thoughts.
Master Level Trolling: How to Push That Slavery Reparations Narrative Right Back in Their Face
Slavery reparations, like most topics of conversation that begin from the left, have nothing to do with reimbursing someone for a past ill. Remember, if it doesn’t destroy an institution or accumulated party wealth or power, Democrats have no use for it.
Notable Quote – Slavery; It’s Never Been Just an American Thing
But that’s what our younger generations are being taught/led to believe (re: Black Lives Matter): In a world largely free of slavery today, it may seem hard to realize that slavery was an almost universal institution for thousands of years. Despite widespread misconceptions in the United States today that the institution of slavery was based … Read more
From the Mouth of a Marxist – Property is Racist! ‘cuz Slavery!
Let’s say you believe that everything belongs to the State. Nothing you do with yourself nor the product of any labor can ever belong to the person who did the work. Not just that you didn’t build it, but you couldn’t. Now consider how the political party pushing those ideas had made it impossible for people of color to own anything.
Notable Quote – Capitalism Requires Both Individual Freedom and Respect for Private Ownership
Capitalism is an economy based on decentralized private ownership of resources and open markets; “based on” means that private ownership rights are acknowledged and respected. Most members of society must feel a duty to respect the private rights of others. Ownership rights must be exercisable without fear, ridicule, or disrespect from other members of society. … Read more
The Anachronism of Apostasy
Whereas the practice of slavery enslaves the body, the dogma of apostasy ensnares the mind. Whereas slavery is a shameful practice of the past, some shameless religionists still use the doctrine of apostasy to intimidate and severely punish people who elect to choose their own beliefs.
School District Hides Traumatizing Segregation Experiment from Parents
School District Hides Traumatizing Segregation Experiment from Parents
Schools do many things that grind my rhetorical gears, but the deliberate deception may be the worst. It happens in New Hampshire in violation of the law, probably because the time is worth the crime, not that anyone can be bothered to punish violators.