Qasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 4, 2023

After 1 white parent complained about "controversial ideas" from Nat'l Book Award finalist Derrick Barnes speaking at three Alabama elementary schools as part of Black History Month in February—Barnes' lectures were cancelled😳

It was never about CRT. It was never about protecting our children. It was always about advancing white supremacy.

Now, hundreds of Black & white children will be deprived meaningful education, because of the whims of 1 white racist parent. smh

https://t.co/0acZhaLAIk

Alabama Schools Cancel Black History Month Event With Award-Winning Author

Award-winning children's book author Derrick Barnes was scheduled to visit three schools in Alabama during Black History Month. But just before Barnes' planned appearances in February, the invitation to Hoover and Alabaster City Schools was abruptly canceled.

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Show threadKatrags
@QasimRashid
That is the culture of the South and always has been. 160 years ago, the illiterate poor white was eager to fight and die for the rich slave owner so that he could be one rung up on the Southern feudal system. 60 years ago, they were willing to destroy their children's education and future if said child was made to sit next to a POC.
Feb 4, 2023 at 7:56pmWeb
Show threadPatricia LavataiFeb 4, 2023
@Katrags @QasimRashid
Much of the division in the South between races stems from the slavery and indentured servants days. There were black slaves and white indentured servants. Both were basically slave labor, but under different sets of laws. Ever since slavery was abolished, they became, together, the poor working class, and division amongst them has been purposely fomented to keep them from joining forces and having their voices heard.
Show threadKatragsFeb 4, 2023
@PJLavatai @QasimRashid
No. Historians have debunked this for decades and it is one of the most RACIST myths about early America. Indentured servitude was nothing like slavery and to claim so undermines and insults the people that survived it and their descendants that still live with the institutionalized ramifications.
I would highly recommend you delete this post before YOUR descendants find it, and realize they come from bad people.
Show threadPatricia LavataiFeb 4, 2023
@Katrags @QasimRashid
I did not say that indentured servitude was like slavery at all.
I simply pointed out that the two co existed and that division between them was purposely fomented in order to keep both sets of impoverished people from joining voices . Please don’t read into it more than that.
Show threadKatragsFeb 4, 2023
@PJLavatai @QasimRashid You said, " they were both basically slave labor".
That's straight from the KKK, and you just outed yourself.
Keep talking. Give your offspring more reasons to be ashamed of you.
Show threadPatricia LavataiFeb 4, 2023
@Katrags @QasimRashid
Today, working for minimum wage is basically slave labor. Working to repay a debt that is insurmountable is basically slave labor.
That is the premise I am dialoging from.
To make myself clear, a slave was a human bought or sold as property, and blacks own that history. Slave labor is a term I use to describe labor that is had at the expense of anyone who will never be free of such labor.
Show threadMegaCassie83Feb 5, 2023
@PJLavatai @Katrags @QasimRashid Sir amazon has a book called The Other Slavery it is in fact about the enslavement of Indigenous people. Please know your history before opening your mouth thank you have a great enjoyable day.
Show threadPatricia LavataiFeb 4, 2023
@Katrags @QasimRashid
Oh, just took a look at your feed.
Goodbye.