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> never comes up An absurd assertion, it's a staple of discussions on here. Takes all of 5 seconds to find examples. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3381
by l3mure 4y ago
> never comes up
An absurd assertion, it's a staple of discussions on here. Takes all of 5 seconds to find examples.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33811795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33811795
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32973297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32973297
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32338743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32338743
- nhchris 4y agoThen HN is an exception, because I never come across it otherwise. Which is not surprising, given the complete absence of those instances of slavery and imperialism from pop culture. Sorry, near complete - I'm sure if you really try, you can dig up some movie showing it, and claim it has equal weight to the torrent of movies about US's slavery.
- morelisp 4y agoReally? I see it all the time. For example, last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35024471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35024471 And two weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34947944 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34947944 It actually seems like some people can't shut the fuck up about it in every thread even peripherally touching upon African history.