GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith

Archive link: https://archive.ph/JX8Gb

  • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’d say various conservative factions are at each of the first 4 steps (step three: claiming systemic racism doesn’t exist, step four: “why should I be held responsible for something that my ancestors did?”)

    • Black Yeonmi Par𝕏@lemmygrad.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      “Conservative factions”? Buddy, that’s all of whiteness. Doesn’t matter if they’re conservative or “american liberal”(conservative but an inch to the left), they will go directly to the “but I never owned slaves, why should I have to <x> <y> and <z>”