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guillaumeb

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Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:09 PM

Aug 2018

Inconvenient truth must generally be ignored, or dismissed as an aberration even when the behavior is endlessly repeated.

And history is generally written by the 1% to present themselves in the best way.

In the US, people are still dealing with, or ignoring, the ramifications of living in a country built by slaves.

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Yesterday the world ignored the 500th Anniversary of the Atlantic slave trade [View all] malaise Aug 2018 OP

Thank you for calling attention to this awful tipping point in history. MLAA Aug 2018 #1

It affects us to this day. (eom) StevieM Aug 2018 #14

thank you heaven05 Aug 2018 #2

Thanks for posting.. HipChick Aug 2018 #3

Recommended. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #4

I've seen alot of this TuxedoKat Aug 2018 #5

Only 26 years after Columbus' first voyage.... Staph Aug 2018 #6

For What Reason RobinA Aug 2018 #7

Labor for farming & building 'civilization' in the New World, churches, forts, etc. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #8

Thank you Malaise. zentrum Aug 2018 #9

thank you for this important reminder. niyad Aug 2018 #10

People were abducted from their homes by force, chained up, shipped across an ocean tclambert Aug 2018 #11

Ask the Chambers of Commerce malaise Aug 2018 #12

If Hillary was in the White House she would have acknowledged this terrible anniversary StevieM Aug 2018 #13

Thank you SallyHemmings Aug 2018 #15