As a descendent of a clan of slave owners

[TexasTowelie]

Last edited Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:20 PM - Edit history (1)

By Dr. Brian Carr

Much like the early sharecroppers, many who were freed slaves, scratching out a meager existence after winning their freedom in the Civil War, the hope of many today for bettering their lives is vanishing. Many “working poor” are those who work two or three jobs but cannot rise above poverty and into the American Dream.

Cliven Bundy, the Arizona rancher who is refusing the pay to use government land to graze his cattle is the modern face of those citizens who question if slavery is bad. He stated, “And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

So, tomorrow on one election day, and again in November, we watch as the modern-day traders in human flesh and misery sit back and enjoy the fruits of the hard labor of those who are enslaved to them. They attend dedications to statues in our city for those who are wrongfully convicted. They shrug their shoulders and wave the flag as those most vulnerable are drained of life. The whip is raised to punish any who question their morality and compassion.

Slavery remains in our country and is even uglier than what my family knew.

The complete article is at http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/dr-brian-carr/2014-09-08/descendent-clan-slave-owners#.VA5zaWPuPoE . Cross-posted in the Texas Group.

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. I wonder how the Slavery ...

that his family knew, that is somehow worse today, compared to the slavery of those his family owned?

[Igel]

2. Best to keep "slave" lower case. unless it's in a title or first word of sentence.

Otherwise it's easily confused as the older spelling of the exonym Slavey, for those who don't use "Dene" for the tribe.

[TexasTowelie]

3. The word was capitalized in the title of the original blog.

If I modify a title to provide additional context when posting then I am more cognizant of capitalization and punctuation.