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minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoVery important to American history, but yeah I don’t think he’d be much important outside of here. Maybe Liberia.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoUnfortunately, I would wager that the average American doesn’t know who he is either.
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoCertainly the caricature of all of the worst parts of America doesn’t know who he was: https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-frederick-douglass
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWith the mass underfunding of education to enable fascism, probably. “Frederick Douglas is one of the wokes, no money for teaching about him!”
Very important to American history, but yeah I don’t think he’d be much important outside of here. Maybe Liberia.
Unfortunately, I would wager that the average American doesn’t know who he is either.
Certainly the caricature of all of the worst parts of America doesn’t know who he was:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-frederick-douglass
With the mass underfunding of education to enable fascism, probably. “Frederick Douglas is one of the wokes, no money for teaching about him!”