A church of Scotland was receiving donation money from slavery and even refused to apologise for such sinful offence. Ironic isn't it?
The Free Church of Scotland has been accused of “shameful” behaviour after it refused to apologise for receiving money from slavery worth millions of pounds today.
'The rediscovery of a long-forgotten slave narrative would be notable enough. But this one, scholars who have seen it say, is unique for its global perspective and its uncensored fury, from a man living far outside the trans-Atlantic network of white abolitionists who often limited what the formerly enslaved could write about their experiences.'
@StillIRise1963 I was thinking this morning that pride in the deeds of one's ancestors without shame at their mistakes is just propaganda. Looking at it from that perspective I understand better cultural propaganda but also the idea of propaganda as simply history without empathy.
Rather than boosting a screenshot of a social media post of someone else talking about but not linking to an artist's work, I've looked up the artist and the work and am linking you to more details.
It is from Yale itself, so you should of course read it critically. But it has more detail and context that is important to Kaphar's transformative work.
It is funny, in Spain if you want to legally trade your own services, say you make websites, then you have to become "autonomo" - like self-employed, and pay between 60 to 100 euros a month taxes even if you make no money as self-employed. hahaha. That after you will have to pay a lawyer some 60 more euros a month to deal with the shitload of papers and nonsense.
You know these "taxes" in theory seem like a decent idea: take a bit of money from each citizen, to then put that money into healthcare and other things that will be free for these "citizens".
In practice it is shitshow of corruption and making the rich richer. And a huge pain in the ass for everyone. I would not mind contributing 20% of my "income" to a tribe if I get free healthcare and other benefits, but only if it was made simple and you could see the effect of your contribution.
Spain seems like the capital of papers and nonsense. But the entire world is like that one way of another...
Such a wasted time on the most "unique" planet in the universe. Deal with papers, try to survive, be busy with nothing things... No thank you!
So yeah, in a trade based society is not enough to "trade", you have to do it in a particular way. And if you are poor you are entirely fucked to begin with anyway.
@tio Oof man that sounds like a bad deal for poor folks trying to make some money for themselves. If you have a thriving business then you're good, but for poor folks with small self-employment projects this will be a pain to deal with.
James, by Percival Everett.
You are a runaway slave, your escape attempt joined by a white child named Huckleberry, and as the Mississippi River (and various white people) try to kill you, it gets harder to keep your truth from Huck.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
Absolutely right the #Barbados government should stop a deal set to net Richard #Drax £3.2 million…when there is no evidence he’s willing to pay reparations to the country which has enriched his family to tune of millions for centuries on the back of #slavery.
I'll look at your link after I post this. Wondering if you have heard of Chicago Jail Community Support? They're an awesome group here that helps people who are being released from Cook County. Which is worse than Rikers.