Believe it or not, but the “we gave them sandwiches sometimes” statement has also been put forth as an argument for why slavery was not so bad. FOR REAL!
Some have even been proposing - unironically mind you - that we return to using it!? (To be clear, I mean slavery, not offering anyone sandwiches. In fact, anyone offering free sandwiches should just be sent to jail. I am not making that up either, it’s a real thing somehow!?!? Despite what the Bible has to say about it, the “Bible-belt” states are making it illegal to offer food or water to the homeless😔)
Apparently they do not realize the truth that slavery has already been brought back -> there are more black people behind bars today than ever existed as slaves, and not always for “crimes” but sometimes trumped up charges in order to meet a quota, or minor offenses that a white person would be let off with a warning for (yes, many actual criminals too so hard to know the reality of the scope of the issues involved when so many falsehoods are mixed in along with the truths).
Maybe it wasn’t so terrible for some slaves - who were still slaves, by the way. I’ve read that some of them had good relationships with their “masters,” But - they were still not considered full human beings.
Slavery existed among African tribes for hundreds of years before white people started to get involved in it. In fact captured people from other tribes often became slaves to the winning tribes. I’m just saying that slavery isn’t just a white-person creation.
And modern slavery does take the form of black on black violence, petty crime and people selling drugs to each other (drug addiction itself is a kind of slavery). You wonder if we’ve made any progress at all as human beings in the last few centuries.
Thank you! It was https://youtu.be/hsxukOPEdgg?si=bHZrY9n2qSygpBPf, especially starting about 6-7 minutes in but really the whole episode talks about the topic of the OP. The sandwiches comment is at ~7:45. Enjoy!:-)
Believe it or not, but the “we gave them sandwiches sometimes” statement has also been put forth as an argument for why slavery was not so bad. FOR REAL!
Some have even been proposing - unironically mind you - that we return to using it!? (To be clear, I mean slavery, not offering anyone sandwiches. In fact, anyone offering free sandwiches should just be sent to jail. I am not making that up either, it’s a real thing somehow!?!? Despite what the Bible has to say about it, the “Bible-belt” states are making it illegal to offer food or water to the homeless😔)
Apparently they do not realize the truth that slavery has already been brought back -> there are more black people behind bars today than ever existed as slaves, and not always for “crimes” but sometimes trumped up charges in order to meet a quota, or minor offenses that a white person would be let off with a warning for (yes, many actual criminals too so hard to know the reality of the scope of the issues involved when so many falsehoods are mixed in along with the truths).
Maybe it wasn’t so terrible for some slaves - who were still slaves, by the way. I’ve read that some of them had good relationships with their “masters,” But - they were still not considered full human beings.
Slavery existed among African tribes for hundreds of years before white people started to get involved in it. In fact captured people from other tribes often became slaves to the winning tribes. I’m just saying that slavery isn’t just a white-person creation.
And modern slavery does take the form of black on black violence, petty crime and people selling drugs to each other (drug addiction itself is a kind of slavery). You wonder if we’ve made any progress at all as human beings in the last few centuries.
I think you missed to attach a link somewhere?
Thank you! It was https://youtu.be/hsxukOPEdgg?si=bHZrY9n2qSygpBPf, especially starting about 6-7 minutes in but really the whole episode talks about the topic of the OP. The sandwiches comment is at ~7:45. Enjoy!:-)