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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

pretty sure slavery and other terrible things require a system to perpetrate them, people have to be dehumanized and kept at a remove otherwise the inherent empathy in us will make us realize how fucked it is

[โ€“] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

Look up Sally Hemmings.

Sally was Thomas Jefferson's slave/concubine/rape victim. She was also likely Jefferson's legal wife's half sister; Sally was property Mrs. Jefferson brought with her when she married Tom. There was a scandal when one of Sally's descendants, who was probably 1/32nd African, escaped bondage and 'passed' for White.

So much for inherent empathy.