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Thread. Years ago, when I began studying the American Colonization Society (a 19th c. organization that promoted the removal of black people from the U.S. and created Liberia for this purpose), I'd occasionally come across websites that appeared to be history-oriented...1/
...but a few clicks in turned out to be supportive of the ACS's worldview that black people did not belong in America. 2/
Nowadays, one doesn't need to stumble into the internet's dark corners to find such sentiments, for the president, in posting his "go back" tweet, is sharing them for all the world to see. 3/
