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Florida Democrat Introduces Bill To Prevent Teaching That Black People 'Benefited From Slavery' (blavity.com)
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[โ€“] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, but the dipshits who passed the law this is in response to claimed they benefitted from slavery with job skills basically. Its fucking insane

[โ€“] blahsay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hah that's crazy! 'What are they complaining about!? They got taught the valuable (to the owners) skill of picking cotton!' That's wild.