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Sun Apr-13-08 11:15 PM
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| Tonight's John Adams 4/13/2008 |
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It never dawned on me till watching tonight's episode that the Whitehouse was built with slaves. I guess Obama really hit it on the head that this nation was founded with the "Sin of Slavery".
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:17 PM
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| 1. Obama isn't exactly the first person to make the "original sin" observation |
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:21 PM
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I guess for some it's the first time they've heard some of these observations? :shrug:
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:23 PM
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| 5. Indeed, a lot of people before him have made that observation |
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:18 PM
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| 2. I'm glad they didn't try to avoid it. n/t |
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:20 PM
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| 3. Read Edmund Morgan's American Slavery American Freedom |
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He discusses this 'freedom paradox'. It's a classic work of US history.
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Sun Apr-13-08 11:27 PM
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| 6. I learned about slaves building the WH on DU sometime in the last |
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7 years. Was I not paying attention before that? Did I not read the right books? Was I not taught that? It really bothers me. How many children are not taught that? Maybe they are now?
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Mon Apr-14-08 12:12 AM
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| 7. they probably did the second time too |
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