Republican Representative Jon Hubbard of Arkansas wonders whether slavery was a "blessing in disguise" for African Americans. And this is only one of his many outlandish writings. Yes, he self-published a book Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative.He wrote:
"… the institution of slavery that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually have been a blessing in disguise. The blacks who could endure those conditions and circumstances would someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation ever established upon the face of the Earth. Knowing what we know today about life on the African continent, would an existence spent in slavery have been any crueler than a life spent in sub-Saharan Africa?"
Come again? Is second-class citizenship really a blessing in disguise? Does Representative Hubbard lack critical thinking capabilities or does he really not understand that Africa would likely be a completely different continent had its people and resources not been stolen, colonized, and demonized?
Read more Hubbard's shenanigans here.
