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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Fascinating. “Mansplaining” and “whitesplaining” all rolled into one. [/quote]

I assume that instead of learning history, you prefer ignorance and making up stupid words. You would make a great Trump supporter. MAGA.
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Black people haven't responded well to Northam's use of "indentured servant." But carry on telling why they should feel otherwise.[/quote]

I'm responding to a quote in black text on a light blue background. That's the only color to which I'm talking. Anyone is welcome to feel however the want to feel. But facts are facts. From today's Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-his-first-televised-interview-virginia-gov-northam-vows-im-not-going-anywhere/2019/02/10/4c725e0c-2d46-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html

"The first Africans brought to Virginia were captured in Angola and brought in a slave ship, but Virginia did not have a formal legal system for slavery in 1619. There appears to be some ambiguity over their legal status, with some still forced to work for life while others had a path to freedom, according to the National Park Service. "

BTW, are you black yourself or just a self-appointed spokesperson for African-Americans?[/quote]

When you said:

[i]"Now being factually correct is a bad thing, apparently. Too bad for Northam that he is better informed than his critics. It's one thing to have the blind leading the blind, but now the blind want to lead the sighted."
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Did you think that his critics aren't made up of many black people? Of course, it's your prerogative to decide to educate them about what the facts really are, but I don't know that it's a good idea to suggest that if they're criticizing Northam, they're blind, since he's the one in the know. 
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Part of the problem is that since she cut him off mid-sentence to correct him, we don’t know what he was actually going to say.  If he was going to keep referring to them as indentured servants beyond when that was factually accurate, that would be a problem.  But for all we know, he was going to finish the sentence with something wholly accurate and reflective of a good understanding of what happened at that time.[/quote]

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