The headline and sub reads: Obama Says Slavery’s Past Should Be Taught in United States
President Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States’ history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur. source: FoxNews

I couldn’t agree more. But I also couldn’t help thinking about certain truths that will NOT likely come out, and these truths will make a difference, but are not convenient to the most likely Liberal agenda.

Truth #1: African Slavery started as a black-on-black crime. Tribes would capture others in tribal warfare and use them as slaves.

Truth #2: The expansion of slavery to the west did not start as a Anglo-American enterprise. The expansion started when Portugese traders showed up, and in the process of dealing in goods, slaves became a commodity that could be sold for expanding plantation labor. This eventually carried over to the Spanish, Franco, and Anglo American settlements, and while much of the forced labor was not as cruel as the worst treatment we know of, many whites at the time looked the other way when it got worse. There is NO excuse for chattel slavery no matter what John C. Calhoun and the rest of the Democrats tried spin.

Truth #3: The driving force behind the increase of and prolonged existence of American slavery was the greed of the DEMOCRAT plantation owners.

Truth #4: Not all whites were slave owners.

Truth #5: It was the conservative, republicans that were the driving force behind freeing the slaves, and historically the republicans have been the driving force behind civil rights while democrats have been a resistive force. And not the democrats are still using minorities to serve their purposes. See article here: http://redstateradical.com/?p=31

Truth #6: Obama does not a any slave ancestry. Obama’s father was from Kenya on a timeframe long after American slavery and the civil war. He does not have the same kind of heritage stake in this as other blacks.

Yes indeed we should teach about slavery’s past, but we should focus on the whole truth. My suspicion is that this initiative is really going to used to foster a ‘white guilt’ effect in order to push forward a new reverse-racism version of affirmative action. The cover excuse is to highlight Darfur, but conservatives have been trying to do that for years, while liberals have shouted down and censored it. Now these cretins are exploiting the plight of the poor, oppressed people in Darfur to serve their own political agenda.

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