• SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The ones saying that black people benefitted from slavery are the same ones saying that women benefit from rape.

    • Orbituary@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      In a weird and moronic way, the first amendment right to “Freedom of Speech and Expression” got twisted to mean, “I can suppress your freedoms because dur dee hur.”

  • blahsay@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is so weird I’m interested in how they justify this claim. Did life expectancy increase or something?

    • Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      No, but the dipshits who passed the law this is in response to claimed they benefitted from slavery with job skills basically. Its fucking insane

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        8 months ago

        Hah that’s crazy! ‘What are they complaining about!? They got taught the valuable (to the owners) skill of picking cotton!’ That’s wild.