Tag: white supremacy

  • The Doctrine of Discovery

    The Doctrine of Discovery

    Christopher Columbus’s first landing in America on October 12, 1492 by Dióscoro Puebla, 1862 (Wikimedia Commons) and White Christian Nationalism Doctrine of Discovery It all began with the Doctrine of Discovery. Before the Spanish started the oldest permanent settlement in North America, St. Augustine in 1565. Before the English arrived in Jamestown in 1607. Before…

  • Prager University on Slavery

    Prager University on Slavery

    Slave Owners Were Democrats PragerU The Prager University Foundation, or PragerU,  is a  501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes conservative views. Despite its name it is not an academic institution and does not offer degrees. PragerU has been accused of publishing misleading or false content on climate change, slavery, racism, immigration, and fascism, and promoting anti-LGBT politics. With this reputation to uphold, Candace…

  • Read a Slave Code

    Read a Slave Code

    Because History Makes Ron DeSantis Feel Bad Slave Codes The transcript of the South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 that used to be online at South Carolina Educational Television is now on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It’s a sign of the times. Slavery in the United States was governed by laws that developed from…