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[skyisfalling @time4skyy]

I just signed a @dolphin_project petition: Ask Lotte World Aquarium to Retire Bella the Beluga / 롯데월드 아쿠아리움 벨루가 방류를 청원합니다. Sign here: https://t.co/zOSHxMTSxQ

[skyisfalling @time4skyy]

W. E. B. Du Bois claimed “the world market most wildly and desperately sought today is the market where labor is cheapest and most helpless and profit is most abundant” which the history of the Univ. of Chicago shows precisely #AuburnWorldHistory

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Interesting that people who feel so powerful and so much greater than others actually fully depend on those they see as lesser for their wealth, status, and power. #AuburnWorldHistory

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Many stories like this are still being tucked away because people fear connection to such a bad past, but there’s no way to learn from what happened and reach better understandings without further educating oneself of the true history that lies beneath #AuburnWorldHistory

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“Douglas appeared determined to extract as much labor as possible from his enslaved workforce…the workers encountered a new overseer who specialized in using violence to maximize output”so awful hearing how ruthless people can get from and for power #AuburnWorldHistory

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W.E.B Du bois writes in a way that’s so detailed, personal, and unfiltered that it really connects the reader to the piece and makes it easier to hear his perspective #AuburnWorldHistory

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@paigeHIST1020 This also surprised me, their plan was not at all what I would have expected, so many interesting details in this article #AuburnWorldHistory

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@wardamchess I agree, that’s a neat way to put it, but some people work hard to get power meanwhile other people strip it from those they think are beneath them #AuburnWorldHistory

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I really enjoyed reading all of the organizations working towards “reparation justice”, and all of the specific attempts included. The efforts of the organizations all involving the community working together #AuburnWorldHistory

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@ewood6210 Douglas was just sitting pretty in wealth while so much dirty work was being taken care of for him #AuburnWorldHistory

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“Douglas left the whippings and the bloodhounds to his hired help” which probably makes it a lot easier to be basking in the success and profit of slaves, since he doesn’t see the fear, pain, and sadness in their eyes. #AuburnWorldHistory

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It’s interesting reading about the specifics of how the Martin plantation got passed down to Stephen A. Douglas because I would’ve thought Douglas would just sign something and that be it, but they put it in Douglas’s wife’s name #AuburnWorldHistory

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@Kvk_AUHistory That statement is very interesting, and I also hadn’t thought about philanthropy being used like that. You could kind of compare it to scholarship donors increasing the value of the school by donating/investing to help good students enroll #AuburnWorldHistory

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Sometimes I feel there’s a sense of heroism from being part of the U.S. that comes from our history books when we’re young, a sense of duty to fulfill “the American dream”, but while we’re dreaming, others are fighting their nightmare for their identity #AuburnWorkdHistory

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Haunani-Kay Trask says, “you caller, need to learn about Hawaiian history and about where you are” You can’t understand the Hawaiian perspective, but you can grasp an idea of it by educating yourself with their accounts of the past and their values and goals #AuburnWorldhistory

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Haunani-Kay Trask follows with a list of all the places the U.S. took from people who wanted their own national identity, who had their own national identity, to show just how many stories the U.S. played the bad guy in. #AuburnWorldHistory

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@AshleyM0110 I agree, it’s nice seeing actual footage of modern day Egypt conflicts instead of just trying to imagine in my head. Very eye-opening, and showed many details and emotions that can’t be explained with words #AuburnWorldHistory

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Edward Said points out that there is a great political divide in the Arab world now but things like language, human relationships, and general way of life tie them together #AuburnWorldHistory

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I liked that Edward Said pointed out that he’s from a Christian minority in the Arab world because it shows how fluent religions and cultures are, many cultures factor into a religion and many religions factor into a culture #AuburnWorldHistory