๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ~๐๐% ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ 1860, ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต 12 ๐ต๐ฐ 13% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต 15% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด 22 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, 65-70% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด. ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.โ โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ_๐ซ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข
The historical receipts Jefferymead put on the table against Ayanna Pressley:
โ The arithmetic foundation: in 1860, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐-๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. The remaining 87-88% came from free labor in the north, free labor in the south, immigrant labor, manufacturing, finance, shipping, railroads, and commerce.
โ The population split: 22 million in the north vs 9 million in the south. ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ. The other 85% lived in northern free states where their labor was paid.
โ The ๐๐๐-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Pressley said 400 years of labor. First slaves arrived in 1619. Civil War ended 1865. Total: 246 years. By 2019 (400 years after 1619), the US had elected a Black president and seated a Black Supreme Court justice. The number is wrong by 60%.
โ The reframe Jefferymead is offering his own community: ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, not what they should be receiving as restitution for a number that was inflated. Played a role. Did not play the role.
What gets missed in the reparations debate is the math Jefferymead just walked through. The Pressley framing requires โeverythingโ to have been built on slave labor; the historical record requires โroughly an eighth.โ The political project depends on inflating the smaller number to claim ownership of the larger one โ and Jefferymead just refused to participate in it from inside the community Pressley claims to speak for.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ โ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .โ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ โ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ญ.โ