Yes, the person who made this picture had a point. We are told to never forget The Titanic, 9/11 and the Holocaust.
And yes, people do tend to brush aside slavery in this land (not saying my thoughts, just what is fact).
But here is where I have to draw the line.
Let's diagnose these four events, if I may (and I may, because it is my page).
The Titanic - ~3,300 deaths. Killed by an accident in a ship hitting an iceberg. Year: 1912. (~2,400 rich people; ~ 900 hard working crew members)
9/11 - ~3,000 deaths. Killed by terrorists (the government). Year: 2001. (All except 19 of which were hard working people, who were in the wrong place at the wrong time)
The Holocaust - ~11million-17million. Killed by a ruthless dictator (also working with the government) . Year: ~1930s-1940s. (~6m Jews; ~2.5m Soviet POWs; ~10,000 Homosexuals; Among others)
African Slavery in the US - ~22-55 million throughout out various stages. Killed through slavery and associated acts. Year: ~1519-1867. (50% mortality rate during capture and storage; 10% mortality rate during ocean travel; 50% mortality rate during 1st year)
Which is why they encourage you to forget your own history but remember theirs,
What about reparations for slaves for the years of servitude?
What about compensating them for robbing them of their homes, the lives of the families, their history and their substance i.e. gold and various riches that belonged to them which our government now possess as their own?
Do you think something as catastrophic as slavery was not documented and written about? or are we all just realistically still asleep to that?
Let's diagnose these four events, if I may (and I may, because it is my page).
The Titanic - ~3,300 deaths. Killed by an accident in a ship hitting an iceberg. Year: 1912. (~2,400 rich people; ~ 900 hard working crew members)
9/11 - ~3,000 deaths. Killed by terrorists (the government). Year: 2001. (All except 19 of which were hard working people, who were in the wrong place at the wrong time)
The Holocaust - ~11million-17million. Killed by a ruthless dictator (also working with the government) . Year: ~1930s-1940s. (~6m Jews; ~2.5m Soviet POWs; ~10,000 Homosexuals; Among others)
African Slavery in the US - ~22-55 million throughout out various stages. Killed through slavery and associated acts. Year: ~1519-1867. (50% mortality rate during capture and storage; 10% mortality rate during ocean travel; 50% mortality rate during 1st year)
Which is why they encourage you to forget your own history but remember theirs,
What about reparations for slaves for the years of servitude?
What about compensating them for robbing them of their homes, the lives of the families, their history and their substance i.e. gold and various riches that belonged to them which our government now possess as their own?
Do you think something as catastrophic as slavery was not documented and written about? or are we all just realistically still asleep to that?
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