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   Jaden (jaden3@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 04:02:32 JST Jaden

   So #juneteenth Tommorow June 19 celebrating the freedom of slaves. Hell yeah we should be all celebrating that no cap. But my grampa was born and raised in mississippi in the 1960's and he ain't had no freedom then ! So yeah end of slavery but it ain no end of persecuting black folk. That shit carried on fo decades. Fck we ain free now !!

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     Andy in Indy (naptowncode@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 04:02:32 JST Andy in Indy

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     @Jaden3 Periodic reminder for everybody that slavery never actually ended in America. The 13th Amendment has a specific exception that preserves slavery "as punishment for a crime".

     Bonus, this also gives the lie to the idea that prison labor is about rehabilitation. It's not; it's punishment. It literally says so in our Constitution.