@FinalOverdrive @StillIRise1963 Definitely could have taken a different turn, but if you follow the legal history, at every step where choices were debated, the choice was always consciously made to oppress. After a tragic racist event in modern times you hear legislators and other politicians say "this is not who we are. We have to do better." But, it is absolutely who we are. That's why the radical right doesn't want history taught. They don't want you to know who you are.
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fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io's status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 08:32:38 JST fulanigirl
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FinalOverdrive (finaloverdrive@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 08:32:39 JST FinalOverdrive
@StillIRise1963 Something I've been thinking about: one thing I keep obsessing on is the fact that every step of the way, the United States could have turned out very differently from how it did. There were those with more radical visions before and during the Revolutionary War, some of which rejected white supremacy, slavery, and indigenous genocide. Sometimes one of these things, sometimes all of these. That, I think, adds to the horror; it could have been otherwise. It all could have been otherwise.
Erin Conroy repeated this.
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