Why should I have to know about George Washington? He was nothing but an old white man, and he owned slaves! Now gimme some Women’s Studies, some Afrocentric history, and some Queer Studies! /s
The libs and progressives, if they could, would wipe George Washington and the rest of the founders from our minds. We are wise to disallow that.
Although it's implied in your statement by owning slaves, let me add that Washington was 1%er. He was rich. Damn him for having property and wealth, which of course he was willing to lose for liberty against tyranny. But then that's of no consequence in our liberal schools.
But hey, who's taught or knows that anymore? How few know that slavery was the way of the world back then? How many are taught or know that blacks owned blacks and that blacks captured black Africans to sell to other nations, not just America. How many know that whites and asians and latinos were also slaves back when? Even the all so noble native americans owned slaves of different tribes.
How many know that America was the first to repudiate such atrocities, and that America was the first country to give equal opportunity and civil rights to all people with darker skin?
All Americans should be proud of our history (I am) and our positive influence on the world, but instead the race mongers keep whining and perpetuating their own sorry standard of living, and still blame caucasians. Sorry, got off topic.
Ya, you stole my thunder here. I was thinking how the liberals denigrate the Founding Fathers because of slavery, among other things.
I always have to laugh that the Board of Education in New Orleans changed the name of George Washington School. They decided that they didn’t want a school named after someone who owned slaves. They re-named the school after some obscure African king. This supposedly helped boost the self-esteem of the black students who attend the school.
New Orleans has some of the worst public school achievement in the country. But the Board of Education doesn’t want to spend time on that matter. They want to make sure they make their political statement in naming a school.
Or as the NAACP says on Jan 15:
“We’ve had many presidents but only one King”
Puke..........