Also a choice. I'll give him that it must've been a very tough one, but it's good to see he was able to make it to a better place. It's definitely possible. Meanwhile I'm told I should get over something that happened 16 yrs ago. Not easy, but still a choice to focus or move on.
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It's true what they say, happiness is a choice. I can stay stuck in the past and be depressed over what happened or let it make me stronger, think about all the good things that have happened since then, and make the best out of every new day that I'm given.
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Of course, I'm not black or part-black, so how dare I have an opinion on the matter, right? Well, he is, & it's just sad to see all the people who give up on him when he exerts his right to have a choice in his outlook on life. I know how that is from 2 sets of ppl and it hurts.
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I certainly wouldn't say that it was a choice for every slave by any means. And I can easily see how that opinion could be hurtful for someone who was enslaved to hear. I've learned that some people have stronger, more resilient spirits than others.
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I'm not sure how that factor gets decided, but I will say it certainly was very much a choice for Harriet Tubman. Not only did she quit, but she risked it all many, many times to help those with weaker spirits quit too.
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Also, "death or freedom" might be admirable individual choice but in historical reality (as in Nat Turner rebellion) it would lead to death of many other slaves since masters practised mass retribution
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It would also just get individual people killed. I can't believe we have to justify people's decision not to die. This is a cruel path to moralize.
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https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/991476958721556487?s=19 … That fact just makes HB that much more of a hero, don't you think? I mean no ill-will to those who kept their heads down to save themselves or those they loved. That too is such an admirable choice. I probably would have done the same if that was my lot.
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