• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creator
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    10 months ago

    George Washington would be like: “Why this portrait of a slave in the white house?” (referring to Obama) 💀

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      10 months ago

      There were free black people in Washington’s day. But yes, the first several presidents were all slave owners.

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        10 months ago

        The idea that he might use slave as a slur while understanding he was a free black man isn’t that crazy though.