You'll Be Surprised Who the Victim Ethnicity Was
The grizzly history Mazy mentions in Book Four about Italians being lynched in New Orleans.
A mob of tens of thousands of angry men surrounded a New Orleans jail, shouting angry slurs and calling for blood. By the time they were done, 11 men would be dead—shot and mutilated in an act of brutal mob violence that took place in front of a cheering crowd. It was 1891, and the crowd was about to participate in one of the largest lynchings in U.S. history.” –History Channel.
No one was convicted for the murders and mutilations!!!
"The March 14, 1891, New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans and immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history."
"The incident had serious national repercussions. The Italian consul Pasquale Corte in New Orleans registered a protest and left the city in May 1891 at his government's direction. The New York Times published his lengthy statement charging city politicians with responsibility for the lynching of the Italians.[6] Italy cut off diplomatic relations with the United States, sparking rumors of war. Increased anti-Italian sentiment led to calls for restrictions on immigration. The word "Mafia" entered the American lexicon, and the awareness of the Italian mafioso became established in the popular imagination of Americans.
"The lynchings were the subject of the 1999 HBO film Vendetta, starring Christopher Walken. The film is based on a 1977 history book of the same name by Richard Gambino.
"New Orleans Apologizes for 1891 Lynching of Italian-Americans" - Smithsonian Magazine. The Washington Post.
"New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is set to issue an apology to Italian-Americans" - CNN. The year was 2019.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell
*I am aware that most people have not received an official apology from a city or otherwise for the horrors done unto their ancestors.
Up North, there is a problem that the history of white ethnic Americans has been deleted and replaced by myth, sparking all kinds of resentment and anger.
I have a master's in archaeology achieved in England. Do you think I know a lot of history or what?
History should be taught for history's sake. No one should manipulative it or propagandize it. There is no way to know what future generations need to gain from history. History teaches us the cause and effect of how we got to where we are and who we are. History is rarely about pleasant times and events because it's human beings who are in it, and our species if filled with assholes. History can teach us to not make the same mistakes again, and to strive to be better. But it has to be legit history. I mean that for any area not teaching history for history's sake. In the United States, we have an archaic system that has politicians in charge of school curriculum, including history class curriculum. Can we wonder why it's coming out so shitty and there are now two camps demanding their propaganda history be the one taught?
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