Thread: Kanye said today that y'all called him a "coon" for saying "slavery is a choice."



This is a thread about how slavery was ACTUALLY a choice and the choices they made.



Warning-This post contains stories that will probably make you cry.

First, let's get rid of the narrative of the "nice" slavemaster.



Slavery was a cruel institution in and of itself. It is no more possible to be a "good slavemaster" than it is to be a rapist. And white people have ALWAYS known this.

That is why Thomas Jefferson was a rapist. Sally Hemmings was his property and was, therefore, unable to give consent.



She had no choice.



And, while white people love to say slavery wasn't cruel in the context of the time, even the white people BACK THEN knew it was wrong.