The textbook used in TX referred to slaves as "workers"

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/650496631662448640
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[bettyellen]

1. Mc Graw Hill, no less. Ouch. Fire whoever wrote and edited that.

[SusanCalvin]

5. I'm sure it's just what the SBOE wanted. nt

[BlueJazz]

2. "Brought millions of workers from Africa" Figures that comes from Texass. They make it sound like...

...it was a fucking Carnival cruise.

"Good morning sir, would you and your wife like to be beaten deck-side or in the galley ?"

[lame54]

3. The story of Job Creators

[etherealtruth]

4. Yeah, and the Trail of Tears was just a cool hiking trail

WTF is wrong with people? I am certainly ashamed of slavery in this country's past ... however, denying it doesn't make it not so ... it just adds to the ignorance of future generations.

[treestar]

6. "working" is implied, along with other things

by the word "slave." They are trying to make it sound OK.

[thecrow]

7. It sounds like the "workers" were so agreeable and actually benevolent

being as they offered their skills for free and their time forever.

What jaw-dropping nasty rebranding!
It takes your breath away.

[Delphinus]

8. Amen.

Disgusting.