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If colonial Congo isn't a good example of racism, then I don't know what is. Here is an idyllic postcard for the Belgians back home to show how colonial rule is
by juujian 3y ago
If colonial Congo isn't a good example of racism, then I don't know what is. Here is an idyllic postcard for the Belgians back home to show how colonial rule is going: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo#/media/File:MutilatedChildrenFromCongo.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo#/media/File:Muti...
- truthtold 3y ago[flagged]
- RosanaAnaDana 3y agoBro you seem personally attacked. Do you feel personally attacked by an open discussion of the realities of race and racism in the 20th century?
- twaway735 3y agoI feel disgust for people who go around calling others racist Its a sort of religion, and there's the fanatics who accuse others of heresy. I'd feel the same disgust for ISIS activists
- RosanaAnaDana 3y agoCan you show me where in the comment some one called someone else racist? Otherwise, it seems like you are projecting yourself onto the Belgium Congo being identified as racist, which is just like a "Well yeah duh" level of racism. It seems like you are angry that the Belgium Congo was identified as a racist enterprise, which even by their own accounts is objectively true. So do you self identify with the Belgium Congo?
- juujian 3y agoI mean, I will go on record and say that Leopold II was a racist based on what he did in Congo. I'm comfortable doing that. And while we're at it, Roosevelt was racist for putting all Japanese-Americans into camps. Btw, did you know that Belgium and the US fought Hitler and Tojo, who were also racist? I know all very controversial stuff. Man, I'm enjoying calling people out for racism on the internet and I feel so good about myself right now.
- RosanaAnaDana 3y agoI guess I meant it to whomever that smurph was. In your original comment, I didn't see you calling out any individual either in the comments, or in history as being racists. It might not be clear because I believe the admins have deleted the post of the sockpuppets/ smurphs.
- mecsred 3y agoThe very first thing in the article is a description of the exploitation of native populations in uranium mining. It couldn't be more on topic.