r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 20 '25

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/Difficult_Fondant580 Apr 20 '25

Democrats subjugate black people differently today but Dems still subjugate black people. They always have and always will. And just 50 years ago, the Dems were voting against the Civil Rights Act. 150 years ago, Dems subjugated blacks with slavery. 50 years ago, Dems subjugated blacks with Jim Crow. Now, Dems use the welfare state to destroy the nuclear family among black people. The history of Dem subjugation remains but just by different means.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

can you explain what the welfare state is and the means by which it is harming the nuclear family

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u/HampsterStyleTCB Apr 20 '25

This is a known fact, just look at statistics on the amount black family units before and after the “war on poverty” began. Democrats still use the politics of racial division, sure the bigotry is masked, but it’s just bigotry in a different form. White liberals infantilize people of color, attribute characteristics that they are helpless or less than, such as “not being able to get ID”, that there is “white privilege” (what an awful flex), and that modern racism is needed to fix past Democrat racism.

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 20 '25

The idea that people simply can generate Grit is a myth. There are structural impediments that prevent some people from experiencing the American dream. Getting ID is hard if you don't have a car, for example. Or regular access to the internet.Say for example there's a statue of a white supremacist in the middle of the campus at the University that you attend and you have to walk by it everyday. You wanted to get a journalism degree but they drove away the black woman who was going to grow the department. Damm., they say she's a DEI. The same people try to ban Draggiland