The more we understand about Thomas Jefferson the more we understand about ourselves. My President's Day conversation is with famed historian Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed, discussing the relationship between Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings. mariannewilliamson.substack.…

Feb 21, 2022 · 11:38 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @agordonreed
I love the metaphor comparing a single flower that grows up between the cracks in a sidewalk vs. a bunch of flowers growing up together in a flower bed ... and ... it's white people that need to convince other white people about the equality of all people ... Great Interview!
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Amnesty International USA
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21 Feb 2022
Apartheid is deprivation. Apartheid is segregation. Apartheid is fragmentation. Apartheid is dispossession. The government of Israel’s apartheid over Palestinians is a crime against humanity.
Replying to @marwilliamson @agordonreed
Interesting!
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Kamala Harris family owned slaves
Replying to @marwilliamson @agordonreed
I don't know can we hold two thoughts at the same time? Jefferson was a founding father and also someone that r@ped his slaves.
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Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves that's more than any other president in history. Only one head would remain on Rushmore if everyone had been educated on what slaves endured. Read incidents in the life of a slave girl hear what it was like for a girl. Make your stomach turn
Replying to @marwilliamson @Frances_Fisher @agordonreed
Wasn't "President's Day" about Lincoln and Washington's birthdays being close together?