That system was slavery by another name. (Reply #30)

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Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:41 AM

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30. That system was slavery by another name.

As horrible as anything in history.

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61 replies	Author	Time	Post
I never learned about this in American History class. [View all]	Heartstrings	Jun 2020	OP
That was the subject of the documentary "13th"	Caliman73	Jun 2020	#1
Thank you!	Heartstrings	Jun 2020	#2
I wish everyone	KT2000	Jun 2020	#12
Black men in prisons aren't used for forced labor now, but they are making men rich from	BComplex	Jun 2020	#39
Actually, they are	StarfishSaver	Jun 2020	#46
Prisoners are still used to do public work, like picking up trash on public	Blue_true	Jun 2020	#59
Sad post but one every single white person in the US needs to read.	PatrickforO	Jun 2020	#3
No they didn't!	Heartstrings	Jun 2020	#4
Well, there was a hell of a lot that was never taught in schools...	Moostache	Jun 2020	#17
Amen, Moostache. Amen.	BComplex	Jun 2020	#40
EXcept I learned it in college	obamanut2012	Jun 2020	#27
Kick for maximum exposure. Thanks for posting. nt	oasis	Jun 2020	#5
My pleasure....	Heartstrings	Jun 2020	#6
K&R	Solly Mack	Jun 2020	#7
Thank you, so much. We SHOULD have been taught. I have already passed it on to a friend. Thanks. n/t	Judi Lynn	Jun 2020	#8
And a number of years ago I remember hearing about how the symbols on contemporary police	fierywoman	Jun 2020	#9
There's more . . . . . .	no_hypocrisy	Jun 2020	#10
Thanks for posting!	PandoraAwakened	Jun 2020	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	pecosbob	Jun 2020	#15
Mandatory minimum sentencing...mainly a relic of the recent past, but insidious in its impact...	Moostache	Jun 2020	#18
Thanks!	PandoraAwakened	Jun 2020	#53
Yes, the entire war on drugs.	Blue_true	Jun 2020	#60
If only there were an esteemed psychiatrist someone could ask. N/T	lapucelle	Jun 2020	#43
...	sheshe2	Jun 2020	#44
...	lapucelle	Jun 2020	#45
Yup.	sheshe2	Jun 2020	#49
This message was self-deleted by its author	PandoraAwakened	Jun 2020	#55
I feel stupid	MH1	Jun 2020	#56
Haaaaa!	NurseJackie	Jun 2020	#52
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2020	#54
A couple of friends of mine are (although they might not call themselves "esteemed")....	George II	Jun 2020	#57
Hell, our schools barely talk about slavery, let alone peonage. nt	SunSeeker	Jun 2020	#13
And the ones that do teach about slavery say how wonderful it was	Ilsa	Jun 2020	#42
Neither did I...where I did learn about it was in...	pecosbob	Jun 2020	#14
+1	2naSalit	Jun 2020	#33
This also shows one of the reasons why police got in the habit of watching	Sloumeau	Jun 2020	#16
Look no further than Dylan Roof and Walter Scott as a prime example...	Moostache	Jun 2020	#19
White people could make more money, not "society". It is a poor utilization of talent & ability	Bernardo de La Paz	Jun 2020	#24
Bingo!!!!!!	Blue_true	Jun 2020	#61
K&R for exposure!!!!	diva77	Jun 2020	#20
"Slavery by Another Name" by Douglas Blackmon tells the story. Cities like Atlanta and....	EarnestPutz	Jun 2020	#21
he won a Pulitzer for it too.	TeamPooka	Jun 2020	#22
It was only a few yrs ago that I learned slaves built the WH. White owners rented them to govt	bobbieinok	Jun 2020	#23
That book was heartbreaking.	sheshe2	Jun 2020	#47
There is an excellent, Pulitzer Prize -winning book on this topic	Tanuki	Jun 2020	#25
K&R n/t	Kitchari	Jun 2020	#26
Shit. That's probably where the pattern began of targeting black people within the limits of the law	Baitball Blogger	Jun 2020	#28
And these same laws have been used to target protesters who protest for LIBERAL causes,	BComplex	Jun 2020	#41
K&R	Solomon	Jun 2020	#29
That system was slavery by another name.	BSdetect	Jun 2020	#30
This should also underscore the need to abolish PRIVATE prisons!	lastlib	Jun 2020	#31
Only 8 percent of incarcerated people are held in private prisons.	WhiskeyGrinder	Jun 2020	#32
The prison system is built on this framework. It's not reformable.	WhiskeyGrinder	Jun 2020	#34
Still	JustGene	Jun 2020	#35
Thanks for this important post.	panader0	Jun 2020	#36
I had no idea how loaded the word "peon" is.	blaze	Jun 2020	#37
This is, of course, the origin of the "blacks are criminals" meme	struggle4progress	Jun 2020	#38
Lately I am learning a lot about what I didn't learn in History class,	crickets	Jun 2020	#48
You're welcome!	Heartstrings	Jun 2020	#51
Our prison system is legalized slavery	Generic Brad	Jun 2020	#50
The history of how Whites as a singular group treated Blacks in America is	Blue_true	Jun 2020	#58

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