Here’s what to tell people who love to remind blacks that Democrats were pro-slavery in the 19th century

https://DiasporaEngager.com/extPage/SurvivalSkillsPlatform Republicans love reminding liberals that their party “freed the slaves.” Some know enough history to remind Democrats that their party, in fact, defended slavery. While true, they cherry pick their parts of US History—a 150-year old part, at that. While watching cable “news,” during a Thanksgiving visit to my Mom, this tired argument again reared its head. In so doing, the selective nature of historical knowledge, regarding race and politics, smacked me in the face. One Republican politician (guess this person’s race and sex), lamented that blacks vote for the party of slaveholders rather than the party of Lincoln. Blacks, he implied, have forgotten history and only voted for Clinton because Democrats give black people “handouts.” I flashed back to Donald Trump discussing “the Blacks” before all-white audiences in which he bashed the Democrats on race matters. Being a historian,
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/heres-what-to-tell-people-who-love-to-remind-blacks-that-democrats-were-proslavery-in-the-19th-century/