Are you a black person descended from one of the people enslaved? Ok.pic.twitter.com/3YMpbDlLVV
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Are you a black person descended from one of the people enslaved? Ok.pic.twitter.com/3YMpbDlLVV
Are you a white person descended from one of the slavers? TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEARS AND HOW HARD THIS ON YOU.pic.twitter.com/dbL5GcnTEL
Black people: indicate if you descend from slaves White people: omg how does being from a salve-owning family impact you you poor thing
Even the language of ownership and labor is troubling here: black people are things to be sold. White Jesuits "work the plantations." smh
I know the people doing this research mean well. But they need to check their implicit biases. Then check them again. And a third time.
Fix this @nytimes. Fix this.
@aurabogado I see your point but I'm sure the Times meant to ask the question of both groups and (I hope) will fix it to make that clear.
I hear you and also pointed out that I'm sure there are very good intentions. That said this is about the legacies of + @arothmanhistory
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