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m-c-easton · 11 months

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Book Picks: The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois

**Triggering Content (child abuse) Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award (yes, people, I’m still catching up on early pandemic booklists), Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ novel The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois has given us an immensely rich novel, one that hooked me with the depth and drama of a Black family spanning the history of America. The structure is complex, opening most of the eleven…

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nando161mando · 7 months

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profeminist · 7 months

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Source: "Cunk on Earth is a British mockumentary television series produced by Charlie Brooker. The series stars Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunk_on_Earth

#slavery #us history #american slavery #land of the free #united states #cunk on earth #diane morgan #charlie booker

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thoughtportal · 1 month

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#twitter #tweet #tweets #police violence #police brutality #workers rights #labor history #chattel slavery #united states #history #labor movement

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kemetic-dreams · 6 months

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The American English expression "fried chicken" was first recorded in the 1830s, and frequently appears in American cookbooks of the 1860s and 1870s. The origin of fried chicken in the southern states of America has been traced to precedents in Scottish and West African cuisine. Scottish fried chicken was cooked in fat, and West African fried chicken added different seasonings,and was battered and cooked in palm oil. Scottish frying techniques and African seasoning techniques were used in the American South by enslaved Africans

Fried chicken provided some means of an independent economy for enslaved and segregated African-American women, who became noted sellers of poultry (live or cooked) as early as the 1730s.Because of the expensive nature of the ingredients, it was, despite popular belief, a rare dish in the African-American community reserved (as in Africa) for special occasions.When it was introduced to the American South, fried chicken became a common staple. Later, as the slave trade led to Africans being brought to work on southern plantations, the enslaved people who became cooks incorporated seasonings and spices that were absent in traditional Scottish cuisine, enriching the flavor. Since most enslaved people were unable to raise expensive meats, but were generally allowed to keep chickens, frying chicken on special occasions continued in the African-American communities of the South, especially in the periods of segregationthat closed off most restaurants to the African population

American-style fried chicken gradually passed into everyday use as a general Southern dish, especially after the abolition of slavery, and its popularity spread. Since fried chicken traveled well in hot weather before refrigeration was commonplace and industry growth reduced its cost, it gained further favor across the South. Fried chicken continues to be among this region's top choices for "Sunday dinner". Holidays such as Independence Day and other gatherings often feature this dish. During the 20th century, chain restaurants focused on fried chicken began among the boom in the fast food industry. Brands such as Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Popeyes expanded in the United States and across the world.

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apenitentialprayer · 4 months

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The Christianization of African-Americans

Postcolonial American culture's preoccupation with breaking away from Europe was far removed from the situation among Africans in the United States at the time. The initial tenacity with which African Americans held onto their indigenous practices and the reluctance of many Southern white slaveholders to teach Christianity to the slaves limited the Christianizing process in the early period. Even the Great Awakening of the 1740s, which swept the country like a hurricane, failed to reach the masses of slaves. Only with the Great Western Revival at the turn of the nineteenth century did the Christianizing process gain a significant foothold among black people. The central questions at this junction are: Why did large numbers of American black people become Christians? What features of Protestant Christianity persuaded them to become Christian? The Baptist separatists and the Methodists, religious dissenters in American religious culture, gained the attention of the majority of slaves in the Christianizing process. The evangelical outlook of these denominations stressed individual experience, equality before God, and institutional autonomy. Baptism by immersion, practiced by Baptists, may indeed have reminded slaves from Nigeria and Dahomey of African river cults, but fails to fully explain the success of the Christianizing process among Africans. Black people became Christians for intellectual, existential, and political reasons. Christianity is, as Friedrich Nietzsche has taught us and liberation theologians remind us, a religion especially fitted to the oppressed. It looks at the world from the perspective of those below. The African slaves' search for identity could find historical purpose in the exodus of Israel out of slavery and personal meaning in the bold identification of Jesus Christ with the lowly and downtrodden. Christianity also is first and foremost a theodicy, a triumphant account of good over evil. The intellectual life of the African slaves in the United States —like that of all oppressed peoples— consisted primarily of reckoning with the dominant form of evil in their lives. The Christian emphasis on against-the-evidence hope for triumph over evil struck deep among many of them. The existential appeal of Christianity to black people was the stress of Protestant evangelicalism on individual experience, and especially the conversion experience. The "holy dance" of Protestant evangelical conversion experience closely resembled the "ring shout" of West African novitiate rites: both are religious forms of ecstatic bodily behavior in which everyday time is infused with meaning and value through unrestrained rejoicing. The conversion experience played a central role in the Christianizing process. It not only created deep bonds of fellowship and a reference point for self-assurance during times of doubt and distress; it also democratized and equalized the status of all before God. The conversion experience initiated a profoundly personal relationship with God, which gave slaves a special self-identity and self-esteem in stark contrast with the roles imposed upon them by American society. The primary political appeal of the Methodists and especially of the Baptists for black people was their church polity and organizational form, free from hierarchical control, open and easy access to leadership roles, and relatively loose, uncomplicated requirements for membership. The adoption of the Baptist polity by a majority of Christian slave marked a turning point in the Afro-American experience [...] Independent control over their churches promoted the proliferation of African styles and manners within the black Christian tradition and liturgy. It also produced community-minded political leaders, polished orators, and activist journalists and scholars. In fact, the unique variant of American life that we call Afro-American culture germinated in the bosom of this Afro-Christianity, in the Afro-Christian church congregations.

- Cornel West ("Race and Modernity," from his Reader, pages 61-63, 63)

#African American #history #Baptist #Christianity #Methodist #slavery #United States #mass conversion

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atheostic · 6 months

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My mom on the Israeli genocide of Gaza

My Mom: It's ridiculous how everyone tiptoes around israel just because they're Jewish. Jews had a horrific event (Holocaust) and that apparently excuses anything Israel ever does. The way you can tell this is so messed up is that Black people also have a similar history of persecution but no one treats Black people the way they treat Israelis.

Me: Or Indigenous peoples. Indigenous people are still living through a genocide and no one cares.

Mom: True.

Me: You know why everyone gives Israel a pass, right?

Mom: Why?

Me: Because according to the Bible Israel has to exist (and have control of Jerusalem) in order for Judgement Day to happen. Like, it's legit the reason evangelicals support Israel. They don't do it because they like Israelis, they think they'll all go to Hell because they're not Christian, they just need them to supposedly start the end of the world.

Mom: They care about them being in power but not about what happens to them.

Me: Exactly.

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Note: No, we don't support Hamas' actions, nor do we think that all Jews are complicit in the actions of Israel. However, we do think that Israel as a country is currently committing war crimes and genocide.

And I don't care who you are, if you're committing war crimes and genocide you deserve to be at the very least called out and reprimanded.

The fact that Israel is a primarily Jewish country is irrelevant. I would be calling them out no matter what their primary religion was.

#gaza strip #free gaza #gaza #palestine #genocide #war crimes #israel palestine conflict #palestinians #united states #evangelicals #religion #christianity #slavery #indigenous history #world history #holocaust

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connorthemaoist · 10 months

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#Marx #Karl Marx #Marxism #communism #socialism #labor #United States #USA #slavery #Black people #republic

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nando161mando · 4 months

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Kaiser workers win big after largest healthcare strike in US history

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profeminist · 9 months

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#slavery #racism #racist oppression #racial oppression #america #american history #u.s.#united states #stop whitewashing

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mask131 · 6 months

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As a non-American, I always have a mocking smile on my face when Americans (aka habitants of the USA or of Canada to be precise) call out a country "evil" or "criminal" and call for its complete destruction and dismantlement... Because A) "They're not a real country, they're settlers that colonized a land that was not theirs" and/or B) "They built their country on a genocide and killed the indigenous people".

This type of discourse pops up a lot with the Israel situation currently, but it had been around before for other countries and... I just laugh at the sweet ignorance of these blissfully unaware Americans who are literaly describing the history of their OWN country, little colonies that became the nation they are today by mass-genocide of the people native to the land.

So if you think one country should not exist because it is a "genocidal colony" and that everybody in it should return from "where they come from", think hard about it because it also means you want to destroy and dismantle the United-States and Canada, and also a lot of countries in Southern America. Basically the entirety of the American continent. If that's your opinion so be it, but if I see anymore hypocrite that goes "Yes X country should not exist because it was built on colonization and genocide but the USA/Canada is the greatest and has all the rights to be there", I'll hold them for what they are, aka morally short-sighted and self-centered morons. If you want to apply this line of logic to other countries, be ready to apply it to your own country too and be aware of the irony of your situation.

[And I think it is very important to remember that because recently the far-right groups in the US have been trying to erase all the "bad side" of the USA history, aka they have been erasing or dowplaying from media and school and other information outlet stuff like the American genocides and the way a huge part of American society was built on slavery... I mock a bit viciously above, but truly sometimes I am sad for Americans who literaly know less about their country than other people - I, just following a regular European school-course, ended up learning more about the USA's history than a lot of Americans I talked to.]

#america #american continent #united states of america #usa #canada #hypocrites #but that's typical americans for you #denouncing elsewhere the stuff they're been made of #same thing happened with discrimination and slavery you know #with lot of americans that were against the apartheid in south africa but were absolutely fine with stuff like Jim Crow laws in the us #overall this is the peak self-righteous american mindset right there

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yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666 · 10 months

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the brainwashing of the descendants of slaves in the united states is so complete that they fear africa. cultures of the diaspora that have retained some of their africaness especially in religion are regarded with fear by descendants who've had "african religions are evil" pounded into their heads for the last 300 years as they were forced to become Christian.

Haitians bear the brunt of this superstitious ignorance as do people from Louisiana. Why? Because parts of west africa have been preserved in their culture.

Africa (the entire continent because black people descended from slaves in the United States are ignorant of individual countries and language groups) is a big scary giant looming on the horizon thanks to hundreds of years of brainwashing.

#slavery #united states descendants of slaves #african diaspora #trans atlantic slave trade #west african religions #voodoo #black christianity #Haiti #Louisiana #fear of africa

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ironmyrmidon · 2 months

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It really is incredible how the Founding Fathers of the United States preached about the importance of freedom while owning slaves. I get that freedom is one of those terms that's a little hard to pin down, but I don't think you can be both a slaveowner and also believe in the importance of freedom. These people were writing about how all men are created equal and God wants all men to be equal, but God forbid you ask these guys to do their own chores. Hell, most of these guys were rich anyway, they could have paid someone to do their chores, but even that was too much. These men loved freedom, up until it negatively affected them.

I really do think you can trace back most of the horrors perpetrated by the United States back to that original sin. The Founders planted a little seed of hypocrisy in the heart of this nation to save a little money, and over the centuries that seed has grown into a hanging tree. The United States still talks about how much they love freedom, but they'll gladly hang anything that might cost rich people a little money.

John Adams can still smash, he cool.

#america #united states #founding fathers #freedom #slavery

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americanmarketplace · 25 days

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TIME IS RUNNING OUT !!!!!!!

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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“Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question.

The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont.

In Louisiana, a former slave-holding state and one of a handful that sentences convicted felons to hard labor, lawmakers trying to get rid of forced prisoner labor ended up torpedoing their own measure. They told voters to reject it because the ballot measure included ambiguous language that did not prohibit involuntary servitude in the criminal justice system.

Despite the setback in Louisiana, Max Parthas, campaigns coordinator for the Abolish Slavery National Network, called Tuesday’s vote on anti-slavery measures historic.

“I believed that the people would choose freedom over slavery, if we gave them the opportunity, by taking the slavery question away from the legislators and putting it into the hands of the people. And they proved us right,” he said.

The four approved initiatives won’t force immediate changes in the states’ prisons, but they may invite legal challenges over the practice of coercing prisoners to work under threat of sanctions or loss of privileges if they refuse the work...

Voters in Colorado became the first to approve removal of slavery exception language from the state constitution in 2018, followed by Nebraska and Utah two years later.

Parthas said he and other advocates in his network worked with 15 states on anti-slavery legislation in 2022, although only five made it to the ballot. In 2023, the network plans to work with two dozen states.

“We’ll keep doing it as many times as necessary,” until the U.S. reaches the threshold of 38 states needed to revise the 13th Amendment, Parthas said.” -via AP News, 11/9/22

#government and politics #us politics #united states #prison labor #slavery #involuntary servitude #13th amendment #2022 elections #good news #hope #alabama #oregon #tennessee #vermont

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nickysfacts · 2 years

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Don’t you love it when racist plans backfire!

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