While I appreciate the free advertisement for our journalism a year after the 1619 Project published, certainly seems like in the middle of an unprecedented economic catastrophe, 140k dead from the pandemic and national protests, elected leaders should hv more pressing concerns.
Also: We were quite literally founded on slavery. All 13 colonies practiced it. Maybe pull up Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration.
Drafter of the Declaration of Independence: Enslaver. “Father of the Constitution”: Enslaver. First President: Enslaver. 10 of first 12 presidents: Enslavers. Years we had slavery: 250. Years since slavery was abolished: 155. But, ok.
Tom Cotton is worried abt indoctrination but if you read these comments you’ll see the actual indoctrination we’ve undergone. Folks not knowing basic history, believing we led the world in abolition, thinking that having to fight a Civil War to end slavery is a bragging right.
