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TopicThomas Jefferson's metaphor rationalizing the institution of slavery
pinky0926
10/29/20 10:17:36 AM
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It's a fine analogy if you want to rationalise why you're doing a bad thing but think of some implications the analogy lends in this context:

  • Black people are compared to a wild and violently rabid animal. Especially in that point of history, you can see why this is a favourable way to dismiss the needs of a certain kind of human being by comparing them to a soulless and fundamentally violent beast
  • The question of whether to "let it go" implies that this problem needs to be answered on the timescale of what white masters deem an appropriate and convenient time


Overall its extremely ugly to look back on. Just another example of white folk thinking they're being woke by thinking its a question they need to deliberate an answer on in the first place.

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