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@vitalis the talk about the american slave trade led to a movement for its abolition
what would this talk do now, other than pure whataboutism?
what would this talk do now, other than pure whataboutism?
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in 1808, President Thomas Jefferson banned the importation of slaves from Africa or any foreign country for that matter, and while it is shameful that slavery itself was not abolished for another 60 years, the Arab slave trade did not end until the 20th century with the last open slave markets closing in Morocco in 1922.
So what good is it to *not* talk about the arab slave trade that ended much later, and which lasted a span of over 1000 years? Is it only morally correct to confront the dark history and reckoning of the west?
So what good is it to *not* talk about the arab slave trade that ended much later, and which lasted a span of over 1000 years? Is it only morally correct to confront the dark history and reckoning of the west?
@vitalis wake me when it's someone from (or at least in) one of the gulf states who's actively campaigning for post-slavery reparations and human rights there
so because there is no one demanding reparations for the arab slave trade, there is no point in acknowledging it or teaching it in history class? We should not ever bring it up because otherwise its just whataboutism?
@vitalis literally anyone else? yeah
a white american zoomer influencer with anachronistic facial hair? i'm not left with any reason to expect anything but the worst
a white american zoomer influencer with anachronistic facial hair? i'm not left with any reason to expect anything but the worst
the person in this video, Tom Fitzgerald, is an Irish historian from Galway. regardless though, I don't think just because you are an american with facial hair, that means you are only allowed to acknowledge the shameful past of the west.