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Massacres of Black People, there are more (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 days ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wiki: The New Orleans massacre of 1866 occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black Freedmen was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America, leading to a full-scale massacre.[4] The violence erupted outside the Mechanics Institute, site of a reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention.[5] According to the official report, a total of 38 were killed and 146 wounded, of whom 34 dead and 119 wounded were Black Freedmen. Unofficial estimates were higher.[6] Gilles Vandal estimated 40 to 50 Black Americans were killed and more than 150 Black Americans wounded.[7] Others have claimed nearly 200 were killed.[2] In addition, three white convention attendees were killed, as was one white protester.[8]

Tangentially, why the fuck were confederates allowed to keep their political offices? The mayor at the time was a reinstated pro-confederacy Democrat. Unhung traitors truly are the death of a republic.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Same reason Fascist 47 is in office, and the loophole in the the 13th amendment exists: traitors gonna trait, and we negotiated with them.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bcs primarily it wasn't a war on slavery, just on profiteering of socialite giants. The USA/north industries had more economic prosperity without slaves (more "people" = higher consumption), the south was spoken by economic powers with high slave labour.

Yes there were activists against slavery, but that wasn't new, nor did they affect the war iirc/afaik.

And the war industry was infantile (for the last time) at that point.

So after the fighting stopped, there was no reason to proceed with regular after-war stuff (changing & defacing leadership & ideologies, taking guns, instituting mandatory reparations, paying war debts, etc) as long as the economy functioned & recovered. The south kept the guns & their beliefs. And the slaves (just like in the north) entered the lowest economical class which is on average the reason why even today black people are statistically poorer. And still facing the same flavour of racism.

Humans are just disguising. A random product of a very specific evolution path (we have a smol gene pool/variety).

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Sherman should've kept going.