Dec. marks 500 years since the 1st revolt of enslaved Africans in the Americas
- Thread starter get these nets
- Start date
Bump
The Solid One
Superstar
You should change the title to 500 years ago the first PAWGS revolt in the Americas if you want a platinum thread.
get these nets
Veteran
Never too late to start new traditions.Major slave revolts should be celebrated with festivals and cookouts. They’re so many I never knew about as a kid
As it stands now? Older Black people from most cultures/groups tend to be religious (and Christian). Can't see the elders signing off on family get togethers based on commemorating revolts.I also think that the pain and trauma of slavery made people want to distance themselves from all memories/references to it.
Among the more radical set, the Black August events sometimes expand to include highlighting Nat Turner's rebellion, and other revolts against slavery.
Well,I don’t imagine folks would be burning effigies of slave owners and their children at cookouts with vivid displays of the necessary violence it took
.I think it would be more about the celebration of us fighting for our freedom against the evils of slavery. I think they would be similar to Juneteenth events were they’re used to inform our youth about the past.
SleezyBigSlim
Banned
This should be celebrated same thing needs to happen here
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
Revolts and protests existed since day one of slavery and colonialism, even before the Portuguese exported the plantation system to the Americas from Africa. That's why I hate it when people act like they're doing something new by "standing up" againt racism today. It only shows how much white supremacy has won in burying those stories, and the arrogance of those who really think Black people were passive for 500 years.
get these nets
Veteran
Yep, resisted throughout, everywhere,and in multiple ways.
Some of those comments you referenced come from people who are doing Militant cosplay.