{"id":1527,"date":"2020-09-04T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2020-09-04T16:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:51:02","slug":"white-slavery-post-inflames-racial-tensions-in-rural-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"\u2018White Slavery\u2019 Post Inflames Racial Tensions In Rural South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

from FITSNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here we go again, people \u2026<\/i><\/b>\"white_slavery1.jpg\"<\/p>\n

As libertarians, we view the institution of slavery as among the most despicable chapters in our shared human history. It was a fundamental deprivation of freedom \u2026 and while we do not believe erasing our history<\/a> will do anything to assuage it, we certainly acknowledge the necessity of coming to grips with certain ingrained legacies.<\/p>\n

And making sure our society never reverts to these legacies the future \u2026<\/p>\n

Having said that, we have a commitment to calling out racist behavior wherever we see it \u2026 no matter its origin or its intended target.<\/p>\n

As we noted in a recent post<\/a>, we cannot call a society \u201cfair\u201d or \u201cequal\u201d in which racism is \u201ctolerated on the one hand \u2026 but condemned on the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which is why it falls to us to report on allegations against Chester, S.C. city councilwoman Angela Y. Douglas. According to multiple sources familiar with the situation, Douglas recently posted numerous images to her Facebook page that glorified the enslavement of white people by blacks.<\/p>\n

In fact, one of the images depicted an armed black slaveholder sitting amongst his chained white slaves.<\/p>\n

Take a look \u2026<\/p>\n

\"black_slaveowner.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Another image allegedly posted by the councilwoman depicted a white wet nurse breastfeeding a black child while its mother adorned herself in fine clothes with a fox pelt around her neck.<\/p>\n

\"white_slavery2.jpg\"<\/p>\n

The controversial images have since been removed from Douglas\u2019 Facebook page, although she reportedly told her one of her colleagues that she stood by the posts because they prompted white people to consider what life would be like if the \u201cshoe was on the other foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hmmmm \u2026<\/p>\n

This news outlet reached out to Douglas via email for a comment but did not immediately receive a response. In the event we hear back from her we will be sure to update our readers, and once again \u2026 our news outlet has an open microphone policy<\/a> for those looking to respond more extensively to our coverage (or proactively raise issues).<\/p>\n

Last month, Chadwick Sweatman \u2013 a white city councilman in Moncks Corner, S.C. \u2013 resigned from office after posting a racist image<\/a> of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appearing in blackface. Prior to submitting his resignation, Sweatman attempted to explain his post away by saying he was unaware that blackface was offensive.<\/p>\n

LOL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly aren\u2019t sure what\u2019s more offensive \u2026 Sweatman\u2019s original post? Or his contention that he wasn\u2019t aware blackface was bad?\u201d we noted at the time.<\/p>\n

So \u2026 will there be calls for Douglas to resign as a result of her posts?<\/i><\/p>\n

Obviously, we aren\u2019t holding our breath. And while we certainly understand the point Douglas was trying to make, the fact of the matter is elected officials must hold themselves to a higher standard \u2013 and be held accountable when they fall short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from FITSNews.com Here we go again, people \u2026 As libertarians, we view the institution of slavery as among the most despicable chapters in our shared human history. It was a fundamental deprivation of freedom \u2026 and while we do not believe erasing our history will do anything to assuage it, we certainly acknowledge the necessity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}