I learned more from that video than I did the entirety of my time in school growing up, which only taught a very myopic view of it that made sure to attempt to inculcate guilt into us for what happened.
Turns out, the entire narrative being promulgated in schools isn't even a reflection of actual reality. There's a shit ton more than this as well. Needless to say, the reality of the slave trade completely obliterates the preferred victim narrative.
Thanks. I’ll check this out. I remember being surprised as a young teen when I learned that Africans sold their slaves/conquered to the Europeans and then reading Thomas Sowell gave me a broader view of worldwide slavery.
Also these ppl that constantly talk about slavery that ended years ago don’t bother to help actual slaves today.
This is the video that started my journey into learning the real history of slavery that I never took the time to really delve into before:
https://streamable.com/t4ikj4
I learned more from that video than I did the entirety of my time in school growing up, which only taught a very myopic view of it that made sure to attempt to inculcate guilt into us for what happened.
Turns out, the entire narrative being promulgated in schools isn't even a reflection of actual reality. There's a shit ton more than this as well. Needless to say, the reality of the slave trade completely obliterates the preferred victim narrative.
Thanks. I’ll check this out. I remember being surprised as a young teen when I learned that Africans sold their slaves/conquered to the Europeans and then reading Thomas Sowell gave me a broader view of worldwide slavery.
Also these ppl that constantly talk about slavery that ended years ago don’t bother to help actual slaves today.