I'm from California and I learned virtually nothing about American history in school. I am currently homeschooling my 8th grader, and this year is American history. We happened to be going to Virginia this past summer, so while we were there, I dragged my son to many historic sites that I knew we'd be learning about in his school curriculum. Jamestown and Williamsburg are "reenactments," where they simulate life back in that era, and seeing "life" in action made it all the more real and comprehensible. My son breezed through his history assignments because he had already seen most of it with his own eyes. If you can, take 2 days for Williamsburg. It's only open from like 9 - 5 and you can't see it all in one day. Its really good and worth the time/money.

It has been fascinating for me to learn the truth about our roots and I am grateful that my son is learning "real" history and not the indoctrination crap I learned in school.

I wrote a detailed explanation of the earliest days of slavery/indentured servitude in the original colonies.

In what is now the United States, the vast majority of early settlers were indentured servants who came over to "the new world" to work for privately owned colonies that were chartered by British royalty. They were indentured servants to the owners of the colonies for 7 years to pay the debt of transport, food and housing, then granted land upon freedom.

You are correct that blacks were brought here in chains from the beginning. initially the blacks were kidnapped from the Portuguese colony of Angola. While the Spaniards and Portuguese held the Angolans as lifelong slaves from the beginning, in the British colonies-- at least initially -- they were called slaves but freed and given land after seven years, the same as the white indentured servants.

The Angolans had already been forced to adapt European cultural traits as part of being a colony, including forced to adopt Christianity. This is part of why they were viewed as people -- they already had many of the same habits and mannerisms as the (mostly) British colonists. In the very earliest days of slavery, black and white indentured people resided together in servant housing. Blacks would become free and buy slaves of their own.

As slavery expanded, traders started stealing black people from all over the continent, bringing in many people from many different cultures. As more people with "strange" cultures were forced together, there were cultural clashes, not only with the white people, but with other blacks. Whites began to view black people as "less than human" and separation of blacks and whites began to be institutionalized.

Meanwhile, the private charter colonies failed under their own weight and the crown took them over as official crown colonies. Indentured servants wasn't a "thing" any more, and that quickly faded as a cultural norm.

Plantation owners were making giant profits, and they created many laws to ensure that they stayed in power and stopped others from getting power. Laws included preventing white indentured servants from getting "good" land (a trait that defined good was land already stolen from the Native Americans so they didn't have to worry about their plantations being attacked by the Natives), blacks not being allowed land at all, and to laws to ensure black people couldn't be free.

If you are planning a vacation any time soon, I would recommend a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia to see Jamestown and Williamsburg (capital of VA during the Revolution). Fort Monroe is a relatively short drive from Williamsburg-- Fort Monroe is literally the place that slavery began and ended, and the story of that pivotal piece of land is fascinating.

Yes, in the early days of the country, both whites and blacks came over as indentured servants for 7 years (though the white people usually came voluntarily and the blacks came involuntarily). Not letting black people go free after 7 years came later in the development of the country.

Please don't save this meme as it is formatted because the information is inaccurate. We need to spread truth, not more revisionist history.

For those who don't understand what GopherEvertt was insinuating, Booker helped bring the white black southerners together. He did a lot to help overcome discrimination and he did it by pushing the values of education in not just books, but in useful hands on skills. Every one of his students was required to do manual labor as part of their education. He emphasized the importance of hard work and the intrinsic joy labor brings when you look back and appreciate a job that was done well that you did yourself. Booker explained why there was so much effort to stop blacks from voting -- basically, former slaves who couldn't read and knew nothing at all about governance were being elected and making problems worse instead of better for both the white and black communities. Booker proved that the aforementioned strategies of education and coming together as a community regardless of color were the best strategies to fix the politics problems. He also said in a very fair and balanced manner that, while the northerners did help the cause of the blacks a lot, interference from northerners also did some bad damage to the southerners ability to unify and move on -- such as pushing the aforementioned ex-slave candidates that had no ability to be political leaders. Booker also emphasized the importance of Christianity. Basically, everything that Booker valued and taught at Tuskegee is reviled by today's society that wants to keep people dependent on the state and not self-reliant. And the Tuskegee students were highly successful and helped to create flourishing black communities all over the country, so his strategy was proven successful.

I just read "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington, which is an excellent account of the plight of southerners, particularly black southerners, after the Civil War. Booker was born a slave and was freed via the Civil War (he didn't know what year he was born, but it sounds like he was about 10ish at this time). Booker went on to getting a university education at Hampton University (a black school which there bill you referenced may have helped to create) and a graduate degree, then started Tuskegee School for Colored People in 1881. I am 100% certain that if the claims made in this meme were true, it would have been mentioned in "Up From Slavery."

"Up From Slavery" is fantastic for helping to understand what the real politics were and the real perspectives of people, which is very different than many of the narratives commonly propagated. It is well worth the time to read it.

Gavin Newsom gave money to schools earmarked solely to rent "educational" videos produced by his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom on these topics of "gender equality". The videos include porn: https://www.openthebooks.com/substack---newsom-twosome-siebel-newsoms-films--shown-in-middle-schools--feature-porn-radical-gender-materials-and-her-husband-gavin/

As an FYI, Jennifer and three other women jointly sued Harvey Weinstein for rape. While the jury agreed the other three women were raped, the jury ruled that Jennifer was not credible and sided with Weinstein for her case. The jury determined that she's less credible than Harvey Weinstein. That means she is the dog poop stuck to the bottom of a shoe: https://greatawakening.win/p/15JndZDIoe/ca-1st-lady-claims-that-she-was-/c/

The high up criminals use private planes, yes. But their lackeys often don't.

I would just talk to her about normal things and, when opportunities come up in conversation, drop pertinent bits of information.

Only drop one bit at a time. Each bit of information is a seed. You plant the seed and step back and wait for it to germinate and sprout. If you give her too much info, she'll get overwhelmed and shut down.

When the seeds start to sprout, she will ask you more questions. Only answer what she asks and do not elaborate. She'll need time to process the answers. This is the time to suggest pertinent podcasts, videos, etc to answer the specific questions asked.

Some people will process within hours. Some years. Just be patient and let her work things out in her own time.

Agreed on the point that kids are under way to much pressure to mature sexually faster than they are emotionally ready for.

Another target is late bloomers. I have a friend whose daughter was convinced in high school that she must be a lesbian because she didn't have much of an interest in boys. The groomers confused her that her love for her female friends was the same thing as romantic love. But then, as a freshman in college, her hormones finally kicked in and she had no doubts that she was a heterosexual.

My prayers are with you. I've seen several families torn apart by a trans child. I believe the trans community is a cult, and one of the cult traits is to ensure their cult members alienate themselves from their families. I will pray that your family weathers this storm and comes out more united.

How old is she? I have a middle schooler and I have notice that the predators seem to prey on the middle schoolers. They tell the kids the reason they feel weird and awkward is because they are the wrong gender and the solution is to change genders. Kids need to understand that puberty is a very awkward time and it's totally normal to feel weird and like you don't belong in your own body. The scary thing is that they push the kids to transition ASAP before the kids realize that there is nothing wrong with their birth gender and they will naturally grow out of the awkwardness.

What they are doing to "protect migrants" in San Diego is upsetting. Unaccompanied minors were kept in the convention center, literally steps away from the shipping port and freight train station, where cargo is moved between ships and freight trains. AB-495 made it so anyone can kidnap a child from school, all you need is some very basic info about the family. AB-1518 basically says they state will turn a blind eye to migrant exploitation as long as the state gets a big cut of the revenue. The dots clearly connect to the state being in bed with the traffickers. More info: https://yournews.com/2026/02/18/6474366/californias-income-tax-agency-has-several-questionable-programs-involving-illegal/

u/AmateurExpert made the meme. I just wrote the sentence and his creative genius kicked in and he turned the sentence into a meme.

Thank you. :)

I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. Very clever.

woo hoo! I LOVE this meme.

Thank you! I'm overjoyed and so happy to be able to share it with you all!

Nor do I! As many problems as San Diego has, I am deeply rooted.

Thank you! I am still going to toe with them. I found Dreams for Change (the sex predator) when I was digging for unlawful stuff the Franchise Tax Board was up to... and I found the FTB was paying DFC The next FTB meeting is April 6. Please say a prayer that I make progress at that next meeting.

Thank you so much for the clarification! I appreciate it.

Thank you!

I love that meme. I just tried to post it on social media and the image doesn't pop up; just the link address shows. I know nothing about meme creation, so not sure what needs to be done to get the image to pop up. But if you can get that working, I will share it all over the place!