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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShaun King tweeted (i.e. stole) this info/image without giving appropriate credit to the source:
Let me teach you something.
Every man with a red dot on their face who signed the Declaration of Independence OWNED and enslaved Africans. Over 75% of them.
The rest permitted it.
Link to tweet
Here is the original source:
I decided to put red dots on all the men who held slaves.
Next time someone puts them on a pedestal and says we can't question their judgement on guns or whatever, show them this image.
Link to tweet
The rest of the very informative thread is here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1168189409549803524.html
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)For a few minutes or so. So its a net plus, I guess.
lapucelle
(18,040 posts)https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/19/media/shaun-king-daily-news-plagiarism-accusations/
Beakybird
(3,329 posts)Arrest this man!
lapucelle
(18,040 posts)sweetloukillbot
(10,813 posts)Cha
(295,925 posts)Polybius
(15,239 posts)demmiblue
(36,751 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)In 200 years, people will be looking back at car owners in the 20th and 21st century in the same way that we look at these slave owners.
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)misanthrope
(7,405 posts)They won't limit their scorn to automobile owners.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)misanthrope
(7,405 posts)"Im a historian by training; my undergraduate and graduate degrees are in history," he doesn't seem to reflect the gravity of the Enlightenment or the novel nature of the Declaration of Independence in the context of history's broader sweep.
Wanderlust988
(509 posts)My cousin went to school with him in Woodford County, KY. He's as white as they come. He wasn't "woke" at all in high school. He's just decided as he became an adult that he can make himself look passable as black and make a shitload of money off of black racism and it's worked. He's got everyone fooled.
marmar
(76,985 posts)Huh?
Maven
(10,533 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:46 PM - Edit history (1)
"Let me teach you something"
ROFL
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)(After I posted this OP, I also saw a post here showing the pic that did not give attribution to the original source. Get better, people.)
Polybius
(15,239 posts)But guess what? There are zero public Jesus statues in the US, so that means he supports going on private property and vandelizing them. The man is as extreme as you can get.