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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Florida politics commiseration station
 
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madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Mr. Nice! posted:

There are lots of Florida goons. It’s one of the most hoppin threads in LAN.

The people who wrote the education standards for the new african american studies (who are not educators or historians or anyone who should be writing such a topic) cited 16 or so “slaves” who learned skills as a slave that later gained them notoriety. Half were never slaves, one was George Washington’s sister, and the none gained notoriety in a field from skills learned as a slave.

Not that it matters to those who wrote the standards, or those who support them, but you can disprove that entire argument by mentioning the plethora of schools founded specifically to teach former slaves and their children higher level argricultural and mechanical skills. The lack of skills to effectively utilize the land, their's or not, plus a lack of willing partners (schools, financiers, suppliers, etc.), sent many people into second slavery as tenant farmers. This helped precipitate massive emigrations out of former slave states.

It's just stupid on the face of it. A skilled, motivated workforce allowed to use those skills generally doesn't leave where they're from in huge numbers, barring some other influence.

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