The OTHER history of racism in America
Claims of America being a racist nation that was founded by racists who owned slaves, etc., are not necessarily uncommon. While a part of that narrative is true, some of our Constitution’s signers were slave owners, telling that part is only telling one half of the story. If we’re going to cite the fact that some of our founders were slave-owners its only fair to tell the other half of the slavery story too. We had a little thing here called the Civil War. Here’s a simple backdrop: Before becoming the USA we were colonies of a nation ruled by a king. This king wasRead More →