True History of Slavery

 N.B. The following article is posted, with permission, from:  https://liberalsarenuts.com/2021/03/27/true-history-of-slavery/. (Author is unknown):

A History Lesson

Asians enslaved other Asians.  Africans enslaved other Africans and even today, in North Africa blacks continue to enslave other blacks.  Slavery has existed since the Old Testament Biblical times.  A bit of history that is conveniently ignored; between 1500 and the 1860’s at least 12 million Africans were brought to the ‘New World’ of the Americas. 

Of these 12 million forced into slavery, less than 500,000 were brought to North America.  The remaining Africans went to South America and the Caribbean.  By the mid-1600’s Europeans were outnumbered by Africans in cities such as Mexico City, Havana and Lima.  A few more historical facts: 

1.  The first legal slave owner in American history was a black tobacco farmer named Anthony Johnson; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist)

2.  South Carolina’s largest slave holder in 1860 was a black plantation owner named William Ellison; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellison

3.  American Indians owned thousands of black slaves; http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-ancestry-of-african-native-americans-7986049 /

4.  In 1830 there were 3,775 free black people who owned 12,740 black slaves; http://www.ironbarkresources.com/slaves/whiteslaves05.htm

5.  Many black slaves were allowed to hold jobs, own businesses and own real estate;

6.  Brutal black on black slavery was common in Africa for thousands of years; https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2007/09/26/six-inconvenient-truths-about-the-us-and-slavery-n876052

7.  Most slaves brought from Africa to America were purchased from black slave owners; http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_text’book.cfm?smtid=2&psid=445

8.  White people ended legal chattel slavery; This is a useless fact.  Since black slaves couldn’t vote and had no rights, it would have been impossible for them to end slavery.

And turning to the present…

1.  Barack Obama, who has stoked the fires of racial hatred for the last eight years, is the direct paternal descendant of slave owners; https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.obama02mar02-story.html

2.  You certainly won’t hear CNN’s Anderson Cooper mentioning Obama’s sordid family history, lest Obama might remind Cooper, the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, that his family also were slave owners; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper#:~:text=Also%20in%202014%2C%20Cooper%20appeared,from%20the%20southern%20United%20States.

3.  New York Gov.  Andrew Cuomo, who found some Lee and Jackson statues to remove from the Empire State, seems to have forgotten New York is named for one of the most notorious slave traders in history, the Duke of York.  Better tear down that Big Apple, Andy.

4.  Before defacing and tearing down statues became the latest Leftist fad, Virginia’s carpet-bagging Clintonista, Gov.  Terry McAuliffe, characterized the Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson statues on Richmond’s Monument Avenue as “parts of our heritage.” After Charlottesville, McAuliffe re-characterized them as “flash points for hatred, division and violence.”

5.  “Blacks who were never slaves are fighting whites who never owned slaves over a Confederate statue erected by southern Democrats because Democrats can’t stand their own history anymore……yet somehow, it’s Trump’s fault!”

6.  Recently the brilliant Democrat leaders all took an eight minute knee to honor George Floyd wearing an African scarf.  The idiots apparently were not aware that the scarfs that they had draped around their necks were the colors and design of the African Ashanti tribe one of the largest marketers of slavery ever.

The racism charge against White America is One Big Lie. It’s all about the money, folks. It always is. – The Liberator

WHATEVER BECAME OF DISCIPLINE?

 Allow me to state at the outset that I am neither licensed as nor a practicing mental health practitioner. Although I have trained literally thousands of male and female healthcare providers from various fields, to include psychologists and therapists, I am not an expert in any of the mental health disciplines.

I write this as an individual who has observed, with alarm, the psychologization of virtually any and all crude behaviors. The title of this post was inspired from an episode of “The Liquidator,” in which Jeff Schwarz states, “I need to go to anger management.”

This statement followed on the heels of Jeff throwing a tantrum, not unlike a 3 year-old, because something did not proceed in the manner he desired. My immediate reaction was to think, “You don’t need anger management. You need to grow up!”

Consistent with Schwarz’ character, a female employee became hysterical, to the point of sobbing, tears and shaking, when Schwartz elected to purchase furs to be sold in the warehouse. Please tell me that you do not believe that this response arose naturally from a revulsion of fur coats. It is undeniable that this was a conditioned response, triggered by a so-called “Progressive’s” worldview. Such childlike behavior is deemed endearing to those embracing this particular ideology.

Prisons are filled with those who refuse, yes, I said refuse, to manage their frustration/anger. Like children, when things don’t proceed as intended, they throw their tantrums. Sadly, as putative adults, they often inflict mayhem on society. Too frequently, these tantrums result in domestic violence, abuse of any unfortunate target and even homicide.

Although we don’t like to consider the issue of suicide, this consequence often arises from an inability to cope with one’s environment. There are many facets to this epidemic. However, it appears quite obvious, at least to me, that if an individual manages their behavior, they are unlikely to engage in this activity.

I’ve posted previously about my views on infantilization of society. Efforts to psychologize and excuse infantile behavior in adolescents and adults is not healthy for any societal group.

There are those today who expose their entire families, to include pets, to psychotropic drugs. In lieu of modifying your behavior, why not pop a pill? It is interesting to note that in many instances, the behavior is not improved and those on the psychotropics become more and more dependent on them to make them feel comfortable with themselves.

Dr. Karl Menninger, MD,  world-renowned psychiatrist, wrote “Whatever Became of Sin?” I think that we should examine the question “Whatever Became of Discipline?” 

It is obvious that rates of so-called psychological impairments have increased exponentially. It is undeniable that many children in schools today are taking medications intended to permit them to listen to teachers, avoid engaging in abruptive behavior, remain seated during class periods, avoid conflicts with other students, etc.

Unfortunately, many parents have abdicated child-rearing responsibilities. Excuses for doing so include financial, lack of resources, no desire to deal with childhood antics, etc. Sadly, many households today have only one parent. These are certainly challenges, but not justification to abdicate this responsibility to others.

For those of you who wish to engage in speculation that this author cannot relate to the foregoing challenges, au contraire. I am the seventh of seven. My father died, at 44 years of age, when I was six years old. My mother never remarried. My mother did not believe in government assistance (e.g., Welfare, etc.). I began working at 6 years of age, hawking newspapers, etc. We didn’t want to refer to ourselves as “poor.” We preferred “financially challenged.” My mother worked a minimum of 2 jobs and my sister and I were the quintessential “latch-key” kids.

I frequently hear adults say, “I can’t sit still,” “I have ADHD,” “I need anger management,” ad infinitum. Yes, you can sit still, you simply don’t want to. (Obviously, there are rare neurological conditions that result in involuntary movements.) It is unlikely that you have ADHD, whatever that encompasses. It is very likely that your immaturity is such that you simply won’t respectfully listen to or observe what is being presented.

Finally, it is very likely that you don’t need anger management. You just need to grow up!