Armando
@ahernandez109.bsky.social
History PhD Student at the University of Minnesota. Historian of the US and Latin American history. Opinions are my own.
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Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
Got my degree in December but finally got to walk the stage for my MA in History! Excited to start my PhD in History at the University of Minnesota in the Fall!
May 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Got my degree in December but finally got to walk the stage for my MA in History! Excited to start my PhD in History at the University of Minnesota in the Fall!
Either we have people with this little knowledge about government and laws in the cabinet, or they know exactly why they say these “definitions.” Both are terrifying realities to live in.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Either we have people with this little knowledge about government and laws in the cabinet, or they know exactly why they say these “definitions.” Both are terrifying realities to live in.