* Last person who was a known survivor from a slave ship died in 1940.
* The last survivor of slavery that I found was Sylvester Magee, who died in 1971.
This is not a comprehensive list of "all dates relevant to all issues in racial justice in the United States". What it is meant to make clear is that, despite all the black and white photography (which is intentional), you likely have parents and grandparents who carry living memory of these events.
So history, yes. "Ancient" history, no.
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Detaching this because it feels weird to include it in the same thread, but I love that @AvengingFemme also uses the word "kerfuffle." I so rarely see it used, and it makes me happy.
We don't talk enough about how, in modern society, "success" largely boils down to luck.
Sure, "hard work" also matters to some degree. But there are numerous hardworking people out there who never become successful, while others fall upwards because they were just at the right place at the right time, and had the right parents.
The notion that modern society is a Meritocracy is a lie.
https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius
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