The sins of your ancestors. (Issue #16)

This grayscale engraving shows a Black woman in the foreground, kneeling on one knee. Her ankles are bound and connected to a ground anchor by chains. In the midground are a group of four Black people in a line, with someone behind them holding a whip. In the background are a series of small mountains. CREDIT FROM SOURCE: anonymous. DESCRIPTION FROM SOURCE: "Français : Femme enchaînée agenouillée au sol dans une plantation, vers 1825. English: Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation, c. 1825." SOURCE: File:Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation, c. 1825.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_in_chains_kneeling_on_the_ground_in_a_plantation,_c._1825.jpg -- This work is in the public domain.

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The other day, I posted a video on my (edit: now closed TikTok and YouTube channels) where I talked about how some people react to the uncomfortable topic of colonialism. It began as follows:

The sins of your ancestors. (Issue #16)

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