Are you saying our historical crimes are the ones against enslaved people? I also remember gas for 25 cents a gallon .. And it seems it was over 4 dollars within the last decade somewhere.
Are you saying our historical crimes are the ones against enslaved people? I also remember gas for 25 cents a gallon .. And it seems it was over 4 dollars within the last decade somewhere.
Our country was settled by the near genocide of the Indigenous population, and made rich on the foundation of enslaved labor. We have a lot to acknowledge and reconcile before we can recover and move forward. The US is mired in its refusal to acknowledge what we did to others to become who we are today.
Decades ago, when I lived in New Orleans where tourists marveled at the beautiful antebellum mansions in the Garden District, astute tour guides would sometimes point out that they were built by slaves. This was back when the Times Picayune rental classifieds still referred to 1-room studios as "slave quarter" apartments.
Visiting New Orleans many years ago, pre-Katrina, I was actually shocked to learn the French Market, a major tourist attraction, and very pleasant indeed, was in fact the old slave market. I had never personally confronted our country's history of racist enslavement up to that point. It honestly caused me some cognitive dissonance, seeing people enjoying their lovely meals, as I myself had done, in the same space where people were once put on blocks in chains, and sold. It was eye opening for me, and changed the way I look at both our history and our present ever since.
What is the argument you are making here. Your segue from enslavement to gas prices seems like a non sequitur.
There is an element of economic injustice built into capitalism and exacerbated by unregulated capitalism, but that exploitation is not equivalent to enslavement.
I remember pizza and subway tokens at 15 cents. But I don't equate inflation, or even stagnant wages, with enslavement legitimized by the Constitution - and the resulting entrenched structural racism.
Today's news along with politicians and citizens constantly diminish the gains and benefits of particular government policies and programs, addressing the economy to vaccinations, saying that inflation is eating all the gains or implying vaccinations are unsafe. They use data and price changes out of context such as gas prices exceeding recent lowest prices, or a few sick vaccinated people, leaving out the higher previous gas prices or the millions sick or dead unvaccinated. And the trillions in healthcare costs and losses by affected businesses and citizens waiting out a pandemic prolonged by the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated are both Americans by choice and our failure to distribute vaccines internationally where they are needed. And our failure to manage pharmaceutical companies, as we provide significant public funding, to maximize healthcare in exchange for reasonable compensation for expense and profit.
Are you saying our historical crimes are the ones against enslaved people? I also remember gas for 25 cents a gallon .. And it seems it was over 4 dollars within the last decade somewhere.
Our country was settled by the near genocide of the Indigenous population, and made rich on the foundation of enslaved labor. We have a lot to acknowledge and reconcile before we can recover and move forward. The US is mired in its refusal to acknowledge what we did to others to become who we are today.
Decades ago, when I lived in New Orleans where tourists marveled at the beautiful antebellum mansions in the Garden District, astute tour guides would sometimes point out that they were built by slaves. This was back when the Times Picayune rental classifieds still referred to 1-room studios as "slave quarter" apartments.
Visiting New Orleans many years ago, pre-Katrina, I was actually shocked to learn the French Market, a major tourist attraction, and very pleasant indeed, was in fact the old slave market. I had never personally confronted our country's history of racist enslavement up to that point. It honestly caused me some cognitive dissonance, seeing people enjoying their lovely meals, as I myself had done, in the same space where people were once put on blocks in chains, and sold. It was eye opening for me, and changed the way I look at both our history and our present ever since.
What is the argument you are making here. Your segue from enslavement to gas prices seems like a non sequitur.
There is an element of economic injustice built into capitalism and exacerbated by unregulated capitalism, but that exploitation is not equivalent to enslavement.
I remember pizza and subway tokens at 15 cents. But I don't equate inflation, or even stagnant wages, with enslavement legitimized by the Constitution - and the resulting entrenched structural racism.
Today's news along with politicians and citizens constantly diminish the gains and benefits of particular government policies and programs, addressing the economy to vaccinations, saying that inflation is eating all the gains or implying vaccinations are unsafe. They use data and price changes out of context such as gas prices exceeding recent lowest prices, or a few sick vaccinated people, leaving out the higher previous gas prices or the millions sick or dead unvaccinated. And the trillions in healthcare costs and losses by affected businesses and citizens waiting out a pandemic prolonged by the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated are both Americans by choice and our failure to distribute vaccines internationally where they are needed. And our failure to manage pharmaceutical companies, as we provide significant public funding, to maximize healthcare in exchange for reasonable compensation for expense and profit.