America’s also the original slave state. Yes, the rich world all had a hand in slavery. But America was different. It literally raided a continent and then shipped slaves across the sea. After that, minorities were segregated. I want you to take a second to imagine the horror of all that for a second. Imagine being an American slave. Ripped away from your parents. Maimed when you tried to “escape.” Treated like a subhuman. Everywhere you went in society, you were less than an animal. Your children and spouse ripped from you. Dying in indignity, part of a genocide that had gone on for hundreds of years.