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America was founded on genocide and slavery. Its economic prosperity came
directly from the destruction of Native culture and lives, and then later
from the importation of enslaved Black slaves from the West Indies and
Africa. Even in the North and after abolition, Black people served as cheap
labor forces for dangerous jobs. After abolition, prisons began using free
labor from Black prisoners to manufacture goods. Blacks were incarcerated
falsely or stood unfair trails at ridiculous rates so that they could once
again provide free labor for the thriving American economy.
The history of this country is one story of economic or social exploitation
after another, shrouded in rhetoric of freedom and gallantry.
The railway systems built in the 1800s were created by Chinese immigrants
who were forced to work in terrible conditions for low pay, resulting in an
untold number of deaths.
In World War II, America threw Black soldiers in the front lines to be used
as canon fodder. |
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