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White House says slavery is being taught wrong, should not be so negative (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People sang more back then. There were hardly any workers comp claims. And it kept kids off their dang iPhones.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    And their great great grandchildren will get 40 acres and a mule.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Compensation should be the value of 40 acres and a mule, compounded at the going interest rate for 160 years. That bill shoud be paid by the states of the former Confederacy.

    Also, black people in those states should be given 5/3 of a vote for 100 years, to compensate for the 3/5 rule.

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