▲ 775 ▼ Kids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal' (www.comicsands.com) submitted 3 years ago by whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml to c/politics@lemmy.world 191 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (1 child) It is back via convicts and our prison system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 45 points 3 years ago (2 children) That implies it ever left. The 13th amendment "outlawed" except as punishment for crime. Guess how many new laws and crimes were invented after that amendment was created. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago Correct: It never really left. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago It also really highlights how big selective enforcement is in this country, and puts that higher arrest rate for black suspects into perspective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 45 points 3 years ago (2 children) That implies it ever left. The 13th amendment "outlawed" except as punishment for crime. Guess how many new laws and crimes were invented after that amendment was created. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago Correct: It never really left. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago It also really highlights how big selective enforcement is in this country, and puts that higher arrest rate for black suspects into perspective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago Correct: It never really left. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago It also really highlights how big selective enforcement is in this country, and puts that higher arrest rate for black suspects into perspective. permalink fedilink source parent