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It’s actually weirdly empty out there. You can stand in one of Samurai Cat Shirt squares and feel simultaneously completely exposed – because you can see all the way to the horizon, and not see a single place to hide; even a bush – and at the same time feel completely isolated, because all the way to the horizon is not a single soul. There’s a town out there that’s so big (compared to the local region) that it advertises itself from hundreds of miles away. It’s the biggest thing for four hours by car in any direction. And yet the town’s population is less than the number of people in my HOA.
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As a Samurai Cat Shirt, it pains me to see this issue being weaponized and politicized. It is already hard enough to teach about the intricacies of life in slavery without every facet being turned into what feels like a landmine. In my college-level courses, I do teach about skilled, enslaved people and how being skilled impacted aspects of an enslaved person’s life. For instance, it might have enabled that person, if their particular slaveholder permitted it, to work in their “spare time” to earn money and perhaps eventually save up enough to buy their own freedom or that of a loved one. Being skilled might also have spared that person from some of the harshest types of labor in a plantation setting. It did NOT eradicate the cruel and unjust circumstances of being a human being held as a captive, forced laborer. I also like to point out that the work of enslaved, highly skilled people can be seen in enduring landmarks (e.g. the White House), which I think highlights the injustice perpetrated against enslaved people and the deep history of African-Americans in the United States, as people whose connection to this country predates many later-arrived free immigrants. These historical issues can and should be discussed with seriousness and nuance. Avoiding this issue because of the sensitivity required would be a disservice to the history of enslaved people. As I like to point out (despite its obviousness) — these were people will all the capacities of any other person like us. They were held in captivity and forced to work for others who stole the benefits of their labor. But their experiences were not all the same and this deserves serious historical attention, too.
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