GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith
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Marvin Dunn, a professor emeritus at Florida International University and author of “A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes,” said DeSantis would gain no political advantage from his argument because “it is so outrageous that people are going to reject it.”
“These children know in their hearts and in their minds that slavery was evil,” he said.
“One of the main things about slavery, beyond the physical damage that it did to people of so many generations, was that it prevented people from becoming what they could have become,” he said.
“So what if you became a carpenter or a blacksmith or a good maid? Your chances of that were not determined by you, it was determined by somebody else. That’s not a rationalization for enslavement.”
Well said
That didn’t happen. <– Removing slavery from history lessons.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. <– We are now here.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
I’d say various conservative factions are at each of the first 4 steps (step three: claiming systemic racism doesn’t exist, step four: “why should I be held responsible for something that my ancestors did?”)
Anne Frank probably never would have become a famous author if not for the Holocaust. It could be said that she actually benefitted from being murdered.
Piss up a rope, DeSantis.
This is one of those things you could only argue in a vacuum
But literally the moment you step out of that it’s the stupidest thing you could possibly say. A slave would rather obtain skills that would benefit them towards not being a slave
The diabetes induced amputation of my uncles leg was beneficial to his weight loss goals
