Oh why can't you children of slaves just stop being children of slaves? Think of the poor, yet very rich, white woman's feefees

Why? Because history, actual history matters

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/07/rachel-campos-duffy-rages-after-diabolical

I think in the case of pre civil war historical figures the context matters a lot more than just whether or not they owned slaves at a time when just about everyone owned slaves.

The wealthy elite are not most people.

Good point.

A very important point to lift up. The vast majority of people in the pre- and early modern periods were the rural working classes, but the people most of the history books are about and whose pictures we have are the thin layer of the aristocracy and uppermost middle classes.

This is about white privilege of the people on the right today not wanting to acknowledge slavery existed.

But 2Spirit is correct too. Most people didn't own slaves. Rich land owners like Jefferson did. He wrote about the immorality of slavery, but still wouldn't stop himself.

Further context: poor white people in the south went to war for the rich to keep owning slaves that they themselves couldn't afford. Much like conservatives today voting to give tax breaks to the already extremely rich so they have to pay more themselves. Don't make sense to me, but I also don't watch right-wing media.

Good point.