Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present

[SamInAZ]

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present | Lola Okolosie

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

www.theguardian.com

This seems a bit of a muddled piece but I think she gets there in the end.
The destruction of the Colston statue enraged conservatives but it was a powerful moment in the UK.

In my day we were not taught about slavery. It was seen as an American thing. There was no collective folk memory in the UK because all of the plantations were over in the Caribean. Out of sight out of mind.

But now we see the extent of how slavery shaped the UK. It infected everyone of our institutions and is more relevant today than it ever was..

One of the biggest sugar plantations was in Barbados, the Drax plantation. Richard Drax sits in our parliament today. Rich as croesus on the backs of his black property.

Its not just the ghastly Drax. We see how our universities,schools,stately homes,the church,the monarchy were all enriched by slavery.


When the UK abolished slavery they paid billions in reparations to the slave owners for the loss of their property. The last payment was only paid just recently. .That decision did so much to entrench the inequality that we see today.

So slavery is not a parr of history. It still shapes the society we live in. Maybe its time it was taught properly..

What do you mean by "properly"?

 

[miketx]

No, I didnt expect people who support slavery to post on here.

You scum wallow in slavery. You relish it. You fan the flames to keep it alive.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Start by teaching that the southern slave owners were Democrats. Then teach them that the white northerners died to end slavery. Then teach that today's welfare system keeps the inner city blacks dependent upon their Democrat slave-massas.

You have about 20% of it, and all wrong at that.

 

[toobfreak]

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present​

What a stupid idea. Slavery doesn't exist in the world anymore, except maybe that still perpetrated by the democrats in feeding the child sex slave industry up through their open southern border. I heard one credible report that the US government hasn't lost track of 85,000 children now through Biden's laxness and treason but more like 240,000.

Children have so much to learn, so, if you want to tie up their limited time with education about anything into the present, it is that democrats love slavery and if you want to grow up better, don't grow up democrat or leftwing liberal.

F A C T

 

[Failzero]

Let’s teach about the Britishers in India , it’s a colorful tale ...

 

[themirrorthief]

Abortion is an important aspect of womens health. Banning abortion is a form of slavery.

Perhaps you could address the OP ?

what about the health of the baby...I suppose you think abortion makes it healthier too....

 

[themirrorthief]

Where should they go ? Their ancestors were in chains when they arrived.
Why should they leave a country that they built ?

they could go to merry old england and get their welfare from you

 

[ActionJackson]

You have about 20% of it, and all wrong at that.

So you don't know the difference between 20% and 100%? Not a bit surprising.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Despite the foolish recalcitrance of the FL pro-slavery wing, the teachers will teach it appropriately. This law is so easy to get around.

 

[ActionJackson]

Despite the foolish recalcitrance of the FL pro-slavery wing, the teachers will teach it appropriately. This law is so easy to get around.

1) Prove that someone is "pro-slavery" in the FL school district.
2) Explain what you mean by "getting around" the law.

Oh nevermind ... I know I'm asking too much.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Let’s teach about the Britishers in India , it’s a colorful tale ...

You couldnt find India on a map.

 

[hadit]

We no longer have slavery.

That is incorrect. Slavery is still a booming industry in many places around the world today.

 

[surada]

That is incorrect. Slavery is still a booming industry in many places around the world today.

Really? Where?

 

[hadit]

Really? Where?

According to the World Economic Forum, it's legal in 94 countries today.

Slavery is still legal in 94 countries - how can we change that?

Here are a few:

India
China
Libya
N Korea

6 Countries Where Slavery Still Exists | Oxygen Official Site

Seriously, did you really not know that it still exists today?

 

[ActionJackson]

Really? Where?

In the Democrat-run welfare lines.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

1) Prove that someone is "pro-slavery" in the FL school district.
2) Explain what you mean by "getting around" the law.

Oh nevermind ... I know I'm asking too much.

 

[ActionJackson]

Translation error, for starters. The word should be rendered "servants." Secondly, many who were captured during war became servants and race had little to nothing to do with it. Thirdly, many Christians were either servants or slaves during this time period. Fourthly, a devout Christian is a welling "servant" of the Lord Jesus Christ.

"After commanding all Christians to submit to every human authority, including emperors, kings, and governors, Peter specifically says the same to Christian servants (or slaves) about their masters. The word used here is not the Greek douli, the classic term for "slaves." Rather, it is oiketai, probably best translated as "servants." That being said, the line between servants and slaves was blurry in Peter's time. Slavery had little to do with race, as modern readers often process the idea, and more to do with economics and social class.

Slaves consisted of those captured in war, those born into slavery as children, and those who had sold themselves into servitude for a set time. Some "slaves" were highly educated and served as artists, accountants, skilled craftsmen, etc. Others worked under terrible conditions (in mines, for example). Many suffered significant abuse; few reasonable legal restrictions existed about the treatment of slaves. Slavery in this era was completely normalized, and a large percentage of Peter's readers in the early Christian church were slaves and/or servants of one kind or another."

What does 1 Peter 2:18 mean? | BibleRef.com

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are harsh. - What is the meaning of 1 Peter 2:18?

www.bibleref.com

Today's, modern Christians reject slavery in the sense of one man owning another man. But the Democrat has no problem "owning" their voters by offering crumbs for their vote.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

A Mormon explaining the NT?

 

[ActionJackson]

A Mormon explaining the NT?

Mormons claim to believe in the Bible.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Joseph Smith Jr re-translated the Bible.

Go with that.