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@philip_cardella @GottaLaff

I did not know about this, but it pinpoints the learned statement by #MatthewCooke that the #US are a #SlaverNation where this adverse legacy permeats almost all institutions of the #US government:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110290887658140612

@CStamp

#History #US #Europe
*On #Racism*

Very true.
Also, as #MatthewCooke in his #podcast series #AmericanOriginStories puts it,👉"the #US are a #SlaverNation." 👈All its institutions were built defending the landed gentry. (I learned a lot of new details of US history from it.)

https://i.sonnet.fm/qLiqAW2LBYG87ay57

#Europe, on the other hand, did have a history of #slavery and #racism (e.g. against #Jews and #Muslims), but its institutions...
@victoriadecapua @ricardoharvin @MelodyCooper @BlackAzizAnansi

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*Are the #US on a road to a #NewCivilWar or to a resolution of #SystemicRacism?*

Truthful history education in the #US would be quintessential, yes, but very hard, because 👉the US are built as a #SlaverNation right from the start👈, as film maker #MatthewCooke brilliantly argues in the episode "Slaver Nation" of his #podcast, #AmericanOriginStories:

#Slavery' s been an integral part since its founding, woven into the very fabric of all #US nation-building for centuries, not just the, say..