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Geezus, now card games are being ruined by racial narrative, too. I and many other people grew up playing Spades, and this is the first whiff of any such histo

Geezus, now card games are being ruined by racial narrative, too. I and many other people grew up playing Spades, and this is the first whiff of any such historical rewriting that I've encountered (though I shouldn't be surprised). I have no doubt that blacks as a group developed an affinity for the game -- but this piece tries to claim what is otherwise a unifying game is really all about black history. This is right up there with last year's "Police were invented to hunt escaped slaves". Wikipedia is no ultimate source, but even there the history relates it to other, similar games, and reinforces that it was made very popular by GIs during WWII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spades_(card_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spades_(card_game)

arein3 5y ago
typical behavior
x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
But US policing does have roots in slave patrols. Unless it is your belief that the American Bar Association is rewriting history. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/how-you-start-is-how-you-finish/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_r...
- staysafeanon 5y ago
  That is an opinion piece written by a professor of justice studies at a sociology department (shocked I tell you, shocked). She's never been an attorney, has never been a member of the American Bar Association, and her opinions are her own. That piece was included in the ABA's quarterly magazine as an op-ed, and does not reflect upon the opinions of the ABA. Your line "unless it is your belief that the American Bar Association is rewriting history" is categorically wrong as I just laid out above. Your core claim isn't entirely true either: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in-the-united-states/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in... The US Democratic party similarly has roots in slavery. By your logic it should similarly be defunded/disbanded.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
    So the ABA is posting something about law enforcement, an org that they deal with daily, that doesn't pass muster? The US Democratic party is no longer the party of slavers.
    - staysafeanon 5y ago
      >So the ABA is posting something about law enforcement, an org that they deal with daily, that doesn't pass muster? Non sequitur. >The US Democratic party is no longer the party of slavers. You're almost there (selfawarewolves).

arein3 5y ago

typical behavior

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago

But US policing does have roots in slave patrols. Unless it is your belief that the American Bar Association is rewriting history. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/how-you-start-is-how-you-finish/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_r...

staysafeanon 5y ago
That is an opinion piece written by a professor of justice studies at a sociology department (shocked I tell you, shocked). She's never been an attorney, has never been a member of the American Bar Association, and her opinions are her own. That piece was included in the ABA's quarterly magazine as an op-ed, and does not reflect upon the opinions of the ABA. Your line "unless it is your belief that the American Bar Association is rewriting history" is categorically wrong as I just laid out above. Your core claim isn't entirely true either: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in-the-united-states/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-origins-of-policing-in... The US Democratic party similarly has roots in slavery. By your logic it should similarly be defunded/disbanded.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
  So the ABA is posting something about law enforcement, an org that they deal with daily, that doesn't pass muster? The US Democratic party is no longer the party of slavers.
  - staysafeanon 5y ago
    >So the ABA is posting something about law enforcement, an org that they deal with daily, that doesn't pass muster? Non sequitur. >The US Democratic party is no longer the party of slavers. You're almost there (selfawarewolves).