Vice President Harris said clearly that the U.S. has racism in its history, bucking remarks to the contrary from GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“There is no denying that we have, in our history as a nation, racism,” she said in an ABC News interview Wednesday. “I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past, and that we see vestiges of it today, we should also be committed collectively to not letting it define the future of our country.”
“It’s unfortunate that there are some who would deny fact, or overlook it, when in fact, moving toward progress requires that we speak truth,” she added, referencing Haley’s remarks earlier this week.
Haley denied the country’s history of racism in a Fox News interview Tuesday.
And, for the people who claim the civil war was about “big government,” go read the 5 declarations of causes written by the seceding states. They all immediately say they’re seceding because they want to keep slaves and slaves are valuable property, not people.
Mississippi gets extra racist and says that African slaves are needed because people from Africa are well suited to field work in the south’s warm climate.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states
Yup. The dumbasses claim, “It was about the economy.” Slaves WERE the economy.
“Muh states rights”
Certainly not states’ rights to not have slaves. Not upholding slavery was literally banned by the Confederate Constitution
Wow, these are wild to read. I’m not a history buff by any means, so I’ve always assumed there SOME nuance. But nope, they clearly say that if they can’t own slaves, they’re taking the ball and going home.
Yeah, if you read the very public reasons the south gave for leaving the union, it’s pretty damn clear. It wasn’t some sort of vague conceptual thing about limited government or liberty, it was all about slaves. People believed black folks were property, not people. And more importantly, a lot of rich and powerful white folks stood to lose a LOT of money and power once the engine of their wealth was emancipated.