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Slavery is America's original sin Although providing a great line for The West Wing, I would say America's treatment of the indigenous people is America's orig
by protomyth 7y ago
Slavery is America's original sin
Although providing a great line for The West Wing, I would say America's treatment of the indigenous people is America's original sin.
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- kmonsen 7y agoThis true, and never really been acknowledged in the same was as slavery. For example Trump's favourite president is Andrew Jackson with the stain of trail of tears: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson#Indian_removal_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson#Indian_removal_...
- malandrew 7y agoIn pre-colonial America, many indigenous people of the Americas treated one another the same way along tribal boundaries. The pre-colonial Americas had slavey, war, fighting for territory, etc. This is what humans do.
- mcguire 7y agoIf we're going to be technical, America's original sin is being human. Humans are pretty loathsome, especially when they're being hypocritical.