The thing about Roy Moore’s slavery comments is that they reinforce a mythology held by so many Americans. One that’s meant to completely disregard how destructive the institution was, how it was violent beyond words.
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I *really* think people need to understand how ahistorical & morally egregious Roy Moore’s comments were when he said, “I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery.” This is what slavery did to black families:pic.twitter.com/JNUM4DPrwE
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I know some people think slavery is brought up too much. That they’re tired of hearing about it. That it’s a broken record. But I don’t think we discuss it nearly enough. We don’t discuss what it actually was. We don’t discuss what it did. What it took away from so many.
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For those asking, you can find more newspaper ads of formerly enslaved people searching for family members here: http://informationwanted.org
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https://hsp.org/calendar/ “last-seen”-finding-family-after-slavery
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That tears my heart out. What are we doing??
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Honey, he only meant white families.
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Very sad reality
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I pray every day that there are enough decent people in AL who will get out and vote against this abomination of a man.
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