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Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts) Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:50 PM Jun 2018

AMERICA'S LEGACY OF SLAVERY SEEN IN TRUMP POLICY SEPARATING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [View all]

"This is nothing new for America. The only difference is who the victims are.

For those not well versed in American history, the current actions are somewhat surprising and abhorrent. How could a nation founded on principles, which seem to be the polar opposite of these policies, be so callously taking children away from their parents?

The explanation is simple. We have done it before as a nation.

The famous orator and anti-slavery advocate Frederick Douglass used the forced separation from his mother as a tool to drive his desire and eventual escape from enslavement. With the official ending of slavery at the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in December 1865, the march was on to find lost family members. Children would look far and wide for missing parents and other relatives. Mothers and fathers would desperately try to reconnect with the children who had been stolen from them."

http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/americas-legacy-slavery-seen-trump-policy-separating-children-families/

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AMERICA'S LEGACY OF SLAVERY SEEN IN TRUMP POLICY SEPARATING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [View all] Kind of Blue Jun 2018 OP

So many tears and so much loss, Blue. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #1

Sigh... it's always the case to me, too, Sheshe. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #3

Goddess no! sheshe2 Jun 2018 #4

Indeed, we/young'uns must because empire is very patient and vigilant. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #6

This too. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #2

Wow! That was an incredible conclusion. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #5

thank you for this heaven05 Jun 2018 #9

You're welcome. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #10

this policy by the idiot potus heaven05 Jun 2018 #7

Indeed, as far as enemies, I remember many Middle East scholars begging Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #8