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@[email protected] to United States | News & [email protected]English • 2 years ago

'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'

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Students at Florida public schools will now learn that Black people benefitted from slavery because it taught them skills. This change is part of the African American history standards the State Board of Education approved at a Wednesday meeting. The description of slavery as beneficial is not t...
  • bioemerl
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    “Built on slavery” is referring to the benefits that the ruling class received

    Anyone saying this is either gaslighting or doesn’t understand the English language.

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      5•2 years ago

      You are confidently incorrect.

      https://news.asu.edu/thought-huddle/how-america-was-built-slavery-those-roots-can-still-be-felt-today

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