A Washington Post opinion piece published July 3 argues that American independence helped further colonialism and white supremacy. The op-ed contends, “As the country prepares to celebrate the anniversary of its formal declaration of independence from Britain on July 4, 1776, we must, once again, reckon with two dark historical truths.”
Perspective: It is time to reconsider the global legacy of July 4, 1776https://t.co/wJG1cmK6N6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
The first is the central paradox in U.S. history: The nation’s democracy was founded as a slave society. The second is that after cutting political ties with Great Britain, Americans doubled down on the British Empire’s project of colonial domination. The American Revolution inspired freedom movements in other parts the world (sic). But it also contributed to the worldwide spread of white supremacy.
The article analyzes US expansion, concluding that since 1776, the US did not spread liberty, but oppression. “When President Thomas Jefferson set the country on a path of westward expansion, he imagined an “empire of liberty” that would spread freedom across the continent and protect the nation from the “dangerous extension” of British power. But the growth of slavery and the “removal” of native peoples on the mainland were achieved by force, not consent.
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12 comments:
Pleassse correct me if I’m wrong. Wasn’t 1776 long before our time and in the past? Has every other person all of a sudden become historians? Don’t we have enough on our plates without stirring the chit? I don’t get it.
Endorsement by the owner a white man and richest person in the world. Who because much richer during a pandemic
WaPo is past its expiration date.
Guess they prefer the russian politics of white projection..so what did the africans do again to get off there butts and discover?
Oh, for Chrissakes, if Crybaby-Americans are sooooo oppressed then A.) Name me ONE black majority nation on earth in which the black crybabies would have a better life than here in America, B.) Name me ONE other white majority nation that elected a black leader and C.) Name me ONE right I have under the law that the Crybaby-Americans do not have.
LMAO. They really hate AMERICA don't they?? To even suggest something so stupid.
Blah, blah, blah! I assume white guy, Daddy Warbucks Bezos is preparing to give his news rag away to those less privileged by dint of skin shade.
I'll keep breathing in the interim.
Can we put these people to sleep ?
WaLo is an intelligence operation
When is the Washington Post goin to change its name to the Soros Post???
We need to unload on the Racist Democratic party
Defund the Democratic party
Great, it's going to stay that way as well.
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