Maybe the fact that we’ve spent 250 years vehemently venerating a child rapist has something to do with the fact that our ruling elite contains an over representation of pedophile rapists.
"When I was in Goree, I wrote on the blackboard "We must remember" or something like that. It is fundamental, we must remember. That does not mean we are a resentful people, but we must remember."
--Aimee Cesaire
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
The part of the story about George Washington that usually gets ignored is that the people who were enslaved by George Washington hated their condition. Harry Washington escaped from slavery to join the British to fight against his former slave owner. Harry later died as a free man in Sierra Leone. Oney Judge also ran away and evaded the attempts which George Washington made to recapture her.
This isn’t a minor contradiction that should be explained away. It represented the reality that Washington and other slaveholders did not respect the humanity of the people that they enslaved because they did not view Black people as being human.
There are times when Obama speaks where you get a clear understanding of the etymology of his true politics and how he sees himself. The history of Washington as a slaveholder is brutal. He was not a great man, but it can partially explain Obama’s close relationship with Bush Jr.
Congolese fans were excited to see Vea standing in support of the team, but the US turning him back isn't surprising b/c his presence is a direct indictment of what the gov't and CIA did to Lumumba, and the present day exploitation and subjugation of Congo, her people, and Africa
Military deployment in the nation’s capital to stop people from taking pictures of the visibly decaying monument to imperial grandeur and using them to make fun of the regime online.