Warner Bros was perpetrating the narrative that Maroons were stupid or morons in Bugs Bunny cartoons, with "what a Maroon!" as one of Bugs' early insults.
Yes! Understanding empire in the Caribbean is so often left out of our story of how the United States came to be, and it's so great to see that perspective included here. It provides a much fuller understanding than focusing on the colonies in the first states in isolation! Recognizing the resilience and rebellion of communities of enslaved people is also so critical to our history.
9:47 is a reminder that our rights are not innate or inherent, but are what a group of people agree that they all should have by social contract … and that when other groups of people are excluded from that contract, those rights are de facto unequal.
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" . . . almost like letting criminals . . ." Hehehe.
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Warner Bros was perpetrating the narrative that Maroons were stupid or morons in Bugs Bunny cartoons, with "what a Maroon!" as one of Bugs' early insults.
It was Brooklyn slang
Yes! Understanding empire in the Caribbean is so often left out of our story of how the United States came to be, and it's so great to see that perspective included here. It provides a much fuller understanding than focusing on the colonies in the first states in isolation! Recognizing the resilience and rebellion of communities of enslaved people is also so critical to our history.
9:47 is a reminder that our rights are not innate or inherent, but are what a group of people agree that they all should have by social contract … and that when other groups of people are excluded from that contract, those rights are de facto unequal.