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White House says slavery is being taught wrong, should not be so negative
(www.newsweek.com)
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Thank you for painting this vivid picture. Now I understand where I was utterly wrong and where I completely missed the tone.
The worst form of institutionalized slavery is clear to me and probably that's why I get attacked here (rightfully).
I did not change my view on why the slavery still affects US society, but it looks like the conversation should be approached from a different angle as what I have written was inappropriate and ignorant.
Again, thank you, kind person 🙏
I didn't even cover the after effects, such as when the US military bombed a Black town or secretly infected Blacks with Syphilis, these things being less than 100 years ago, to name a few.
The Tuskegee experiment was horrible, but the researchers didn’t infect those men with syphilis. They “just” didn’t inform them that they were infected, treat them, or encourage them to seek treatment.