Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-01-19 05:57:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8067A284DA9D7B026F618DD1DA1D6CA09892B19C52E591BB147CF96D6BF355CC
Participant Details
Original Note:
The Atlantic Slave Trade made extremely large contributors to the foundations America is built on, being responsible for the construction of major infrastructure across the country. It is unwise to dismiss slave labor as "literally just [picking] cotton for jews" https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/709818 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-workers-low-wages-exploited https://www.jstor.org/stable/1.1086/675300 https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2021/06/convict-leasing-system/
All Note Details