tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post205978568806575124..comments2024-03-29T00:30:10.138-07:00Comments on BikeBubba's Boulangerie: Why so bloody? A lesson for today.Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-10111203829144469692009-02-19T14:26:00.000-08:002009-02-19T14:26:00.000-08:00Not "the" reason, but certainly "a" reason. You a...Not "the" reason, but certainly "a" reason. You are 100% correct that we don't teach this part of history very well. (to blacks, whites, whoever)<BR/><BR/>I am toying with putting a post together called "lack History Month" about how certain things just don't make the classes, and it's not for no reason.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-79350803064312639492009-02-19T12:52:00.000-08:002009-02-19T12:52:00.000-08:00I had no idea that debt was the reason that men wh...I had no idea that debt was the reason that men who we would think would abhor slavery engaged in it nonetheless. Now I can see why such a bloody resolution was necessary to free my ancestors. I figured it was financial, which I why I wrote the dreaded post which drew so much heat. You'd think I wasn't Black to read the responses.<BR/><BR/>I think as Blacks we have just been conditioned to hold Lincoln up as a saint who could do no wrong. I appreciate what he did, but I was just surprised to learn how much I HADN'T been taught in government school.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for this little tidbit of information. Clears things up a bit.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-18753211396822980122009-02-18T05:41:00.000-08:002009-02-18T05:41:00.000-08:00That is fascinating. Thanks for posting it!That is fascinating. Thanks for posting it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-86879312186320342262009-02-17T20:35:00.000-08:002009-02-17T20:35:00.000-08:00That is a superb point.That is a superb point.W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.com