Salamendacious@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoFlorida Democrat Introduces Bill To Prevent Teaching That Black People 'Benefited From Slavery'blavity.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down111cross-posted to: florida@lemmy.world
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minus-squareOmnificer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s white man’s burden BS slipping back in, where people (like Robert E. Lee) would say “We don’t want to enslave these people, it’s just our duty to civilize them.” I assume it’s some kind of mechanism for maintaining their cognitive dissonance.
It’s white man’s burden BS slipping back in, where people (like Robert E. Lee) would say “We don’t want to enslave these people, it’s just our duty to civilize them.”
I assume it’s some kind of mechanism for maintaining their cognitive dissonance.