hohoho@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoIn the class warfare of America, there seem to be an awful lot of parallels between typical Republican voters and Uncle Tom, a negro who was exceedingly subservient to his slave masters.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down127
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareIn the class warfare of America, there seem to be an awful lot of parallels between typical Republican voters and Uncle Tom, a negro who was exceedingly subservient to his slave masters.hohoho@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 day agoWhy use that description of race? It’s the word used back then, but not today.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoI believe its being used in the same contextual format as it would the time period of Uncle Tom, similarly to how quotes work. You shouldn’t censor history.
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoNo, but it’s a shower thought. If it were a quote, I wouldn’t have said anything.
Why use that description of race? It’s the word used back then, but not today.
I believe its being used in the same contextual format as it would the time period of Uncle Tom, similarly to how quotes work.
You shouldn’t censor history.
No, but it’s a shower thought. If it were a quote, I wouldn’t have said anything.