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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Students divided after returning to schools with Confederate names restored

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Students divided after returning to schools with Confederate names restored

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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Virginia school district makes U-turn on Confederate names
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Students at Stonewall Jackson High School are divided on its name, and what it says about racism in America.
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    And then you find out that not only was Saint George a slaver, but he did things like having teeth yanked out of his slaves’ mouths to construct false teeth for his own.

    He was genuinely not a good dude.

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      Hmm, it sounds like he actually bought them.

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        This somehow makes it weirder.

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        Washington was the wealthiest man in the colonies by 1776. Sort of the Jeff Bezos of tobacco.

        Would you let Jeff Bezos pull out nine of your teeth if he offered to paid you $1200?

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