Thread: Slavery by Another Name

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Yeah, it's really terrible stuff. Full blown slavery slavery became illegal here in 1863, but loophole substitutes for it kept going on at a much lower level for a while, and even after that, the races still did not have equal rights. However, today, slavery is completely illegal and a great deal less prevalent. That is, in the United States. Were you aware of the slavery that still exists on a major level? I am talking about right this second. Is that mind boggling or what?

Yes, I'm aware of human trafficking today. This thread is about the large-scale forced labor by supposedly free blacks in the southern U.S. in the early to mid 20th century.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Yes, I'm aware of human trafficking today. This thread is about the large-scale forced labor by supposedly free blacks in the southern U.S. in the early to mid 20th century.

I was adding to the issue of how slavery did not completely end in 1863 by pointing out that it goes on to this day. Even specifically the West African slave trade goes on to this day. This world is fucked up.

I know what your topic is, but I often bring up modern slavery to give people food for thought. Too many people focus on past slavery way over present slavery. Slavery has to end worldwide.

im with universal mind on this one. who cares about the slavery of the past. people, SLAVERY IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

the modern world is a very clever world. it has the means to control information and distort it to its people. modern slaves go by many names. its flabbergasting as an american to learn about slavery happening today, but as an american you tend to grow up with the history that slavery is done and over with. it isn't, and I'm pretty sure, it's actually growing.

Shut the fuck up. You're just trying to vent rage about America as a whole, or just about us southerners. We downt tAk kindly to folks spittin foo foo bout us, so you best rekognize.

So what. Atrocities are commited in every nation and city, even Ohiopolis.

I only use such harsh language because I don't tolerate the poisioning of people's minds like this. You are trying to make us look like we are still racist and intolerant. Its not true, people (especially europeans who have never been here)

By the way, do you even care about slavery? I mean, does it influence your daily life? Don't you dare say yes.

Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming

Shut the fuck up. You're just trying to vent rage about America as a whole, or just about us southerners. We downt tAk kindly to folks spittin foo foo bout us, so you best rekognize.

So what. Atrocities are commited in every nation and city, even Ohiopolis.

I only use such harsh language because I don't tolerate the poisioning of people's minds like this. You are trying to make us look like we are still racist and intolerant. Its not true, people (especially europeans who have never been here)

By the way, do you even care about slavery? I mean, does it influence your daily life? Don't you dare say yes.

You're not exactly helping your cause, friend.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

You're not exactly helping your cause, friend.

I'm not your friend, buddy.

And what makes you think I have a cause, beyond that except pointing out FAKE sympathy when I see it?

The truth is that there are only a few people on this planet that care enough about human enslavement to do anything about it. You, sir, are not one of them.

You hate southerners and you know it. You hate our way of life, assuming there is a "southerner's way of life". I'll bet you're one of those dudes that sees us as a backwards, redneck hillbilly area of the world. I bet my left nut on it. I know your style of northerner.

I saw Douglas Blackmon on C-span (yes, I'm he type of geek that enjoys Book TV ) It was eye opening for sure.

Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming

I'm not your friend, buddy.

And what makes you think I have a cause, beyond that except pointing out FAKE sympathy when I see it?

The truth is that there are only a few people on this planet that care enough about human enslavement to do anything about it. You, sir, are not one of them.

You hate southerners and you know it. You hate our way of life, assuming there is a "southerner's way of life". I'll bet you're one of those dudes that sees us as a backwards, redneck hillbilly area of the world. I bet my left nut on it. I know your style of northerner.

I'm not your buddy, guy.

You professed a cause of appearing tolerant before the rest of the world, while spitting bile at me for examining a part of our past of which I was largely unaware before today. I don't have rage against America--I have rage against motherfuckers with too much money trying to divide and conquer the people, and doing a fair job of it to this day. I have empathy with everyone else who woke up on the bottom of the pile in this country, to find the blood of their ancestors soaking a land of which they owned not one inch.

With the exception of SE Alabama/FL panhandle territory, my experience of Southerners has been pretty positive (acquired while basically carpet-bagging, though the company I worked for was based out of Tennessee). But yeah, there's a lot of racism and still a lot of tension in towns like Cleveland, MS, where the people on one side of the bayou have the same last names as the people on the other side, but they sure as hell don't want their kids going to school together. I also witnessed plenty of individual racism growing up in Pennsylvania, though it's not as institutionally expressed. I hope to hell we're ready to step above it in the present election, but we're never going to do it by pretending it's not there.

Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming

Shut the fuck up. You're just trying to vent rage about America as a whole, or just about us southerners. We downt tAk kindly to folks spittin foo foo bout us, so you best rekognize.

So what. Atrocities are commited in every nation and city, even Ohiopolis.

I only use such harsh language because I don't tolerate the poisioning of people's minds like this. You are trying to make us look like we are still racist and intolerant. Its not true, people (especially europeans who have never been here)

By the way, do you even care about slavery? I mean, does it influence your daily life? Don't you dare say yes.

He posted a thread that is rather interesting and not whatsoever offensive and your respond with this. I think you have issues, sir.
Where did he say you are still racist and intolerant? This thread is evidently regarding a historical matter.

Originally Posted by imran_p

He posted a thread that is rather interesting and not whatsoever offensive and your respond with this. I think you have issues, sir.

No fuckin kidding. Calm down HD.

Originally Posted by imran_p

He posted a thread that is rather interesting and not whatsoever offensive and your respond with this. I think you have issues, sir.
Where did he say you are still racist and intolerant? This thread is evidently regarding a historical matter.

Don't call me sir. I work for a living.