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forsythVia Obsidian Wings, I give you this bit of news:
"Students at one of the area's largest Christian schools are reading a controversial booklet that critics say whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures."
Leaders at Cary Christian School say they are not condoning slavery by using "Southern Slavery, As It Was," a booklet that attempts to provide a biblical justification for slavery and asserts that slaves weren't treated as badly as people think."
According to the post I swiped it from, the school's issued a statement saying they pulled the pamphlet because of "faulty footnotes and citation errors."
Right. I've got no words, so here's some quotes from the pamphlet:
"Slavery as it existed in the South was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial animosity. Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence."
"Slave life was to them a life of plenty, of simple pleasures, of food, clothes, and good medical care."
You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.
"Students at one of the area's largest Christian schools are reading a controversial booklet that critics say whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures."
Leaders at Cary Christian School say they are not condoning slavery by using "Southern Slavery, As It Was," a booklet that attempts to provide a biblical justification for slavery and asserts that slaves weren't treated as badly as people think."
According to the post I swiped it from, the school's issued a statement saying they pulled the pamphlet because of "faulty footnotes and citation errors."
Right. I've got no words, so here's some quotes from the pamphlet:
"Slavery as it existed in the South was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial animosity. Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence."
"Slave life was to them a life of plenty, of simple pleasures, of food, clothes, and good medical care."
You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.
