Solomon Northup (1808-1857?) was an American farmer, carpenter and canal worker from New York state. He was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 – not an uncommon thing for free blacks in those …
Between this history made real on the big screen, and racist laws explained in crystal clarity in Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow – the U.S. has serious soul searching to do – especially European Americans (aka whites).
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Because of the ruthless campaigns carried out by Columbus and his followers, an entire millennia’s worth of pain, misfortune, and suffering was exported from within the confines of Europe’s borders…
The section about harrasing the 10 – 12 year olds reminds me of stop-n-frisk.
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“Other cultures are valued only to the degree that they help white people. They do not have value in their own right.”
And how often do we hear about the bad inventions of Europeans? The inventions that kill more people faster.
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ferrarisheppard:
“ European Colonialism 1500-2000 A.D.
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WORD.
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“The popular mythology that has surrounded Christopher Columbus for the last five centuries, the exaltation of him as “discoverer” of the Americas a.k.a. the ‘New World’, was still being taught as part of elementary school curriculum and touted as historical fact in classrooms all across America as late as the dawn of the dawn of the 21st century, decades after many scholars had begun unmasking this lie.”
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“Mount Rushmore (1745m) is a mountain sacred to the Sioux called Six Grandfathers. Whites desecrated it with the faces of four white men carved into its side in the early 1900s.”
Another kickazz post by Abagond.
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Episode 1 – The Colour of Money: Colonialism and the Slave Trade. Reaching back across the centuries, this program sheds light on historical attitudes toward…
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Nat Turner’s Revolution Nat Turner’s rebellion, also called the Southampton Insurrection, is probably the most famous slave uprising in North America.
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Editorial By: Alan Curtis Montgomery @ World Human Rights Lets just come out and say it without the fake bipartisan mantra that both parties are to blame for the shutdown, the GOP has held our syst…
Click through to check the Dr. Cornel West meme
“Note: This post is based on “We Talk, You Listen” (1970) by Vine Deloria, Jr (pictured), a Native American (Sioux) writer. His ideas, my words:
By 1970 it was clear to most people that American history was too white as commonly taught at schools and universities. There were two main schools of thought about how to set it right:”
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