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> In a area on the North American continent that was never touched by slavery Ignoring that slavery touched the entirety of the continent, I'm going to guess t
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
> In a area on the North American continent that was never touched by slavery
Ignoring that slavery touched the entirety of the continent, I'm going to guess that means your German ancestors ended up in the Midwest. Probably on Native American lands.
To this day, Native Americans are 20 times more likely to lack indoor plumbing than Whites. Roughly fifteen percent of the Oglala Lakota County, containing the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in South Dakota lack indoor plumbing. Meaning this year they likely had to piss in buckets as the outhouse was too dangerous.
- native_samples 5y agoHe explicitly says his ancestors ended up in the mid west in his comment.
- 300bps 5y agoHow many European peoples were subjugated and annihilated to get the current population we have today? It goes back even further than modern humans that likely directly caused or at least aided the extinction of the Neanderthal.
- hushpuppy 5y ago> Ignoring that slavery touched the entirety of the continent, I'm going to guess that means your German ancestors ended up in the Midwest. Probably on Native American lands. By that logic there isn't a square inch anywhere on the planet that wasn't "touched by slavery". Which renders the whole notion pretty much irrelevant and diminishes the role of slavery in USA history.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoIf you only look at a one sentence statement it can seem to diminish things. There's never a need to only look at one sentence though.
- Fomorian 5y agoYou're accusing this guy of only reading one sentence, when you "guessed" that the ancestors of the guy you replied to settled in the Midwest. He explicitly stated in his comment that they settled in the Midwest. Might be everybody on all sides of this conversation needs to calm down a bit.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI'll admit to missing one line, I read their post an additional two times after being told that and I missed the line both times before finally catching it. I blame wordwrap and a lack of capitalization, but it was my mistake. Doesn't change anything I said, it just means I guessed based on a German immigrating to land "never touched by slavery" unnecessarily.