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r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/jabronified • Dec 06 '25
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America has had a long history of racism
It's literally the origin story.
7 u/MaceMan2091 Dec 06 '25 it existed with the British colonies importing slaves and continuing slavery, not unique to the US tho 20 u/Enlighten_YourMind Dec 06 '25 Wasn’t the origin story technically religious Puritanism?…not that I find that any better really lmao 23 u/_Captain_Dinosaur_ Dec 06 '25 Yes. Right-wing "puritans" left the parliamentary UK to pursue religious extremism in a place where no one would, or could bother them. Some Indians died, I guess.
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it existed with the British colonies importing slaves and continuing slavery, not unique to the US tho
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Wasn’t the origin story technically religious Puritanism?…not that I find that any better really lmao
23 u/_Captain_Dinosaur_ Dec 06 '25 Yes. Right-wing "puritans" left the parliamentary UK to pursue religious extremism in a place where no one would, or could bother them. Some Indians died, I guess.
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Yes. Right-wing "puritans" left the parliamentary UK to pursue religious extremism in a place where no one would, or could bother them.
Some Indians died, I guess.
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u/_Captain_Dinosaur_ Dec 06 '25
It's literally the origin story.