re: Black people picked fake cotton to commemorate Juneteenth

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I have believed for 30-40 years that a majority of black Americans do not want to move on from the mental chains of slavery. The mental chains of slavery is the most important aspect for black Americans with regards to their place in US history. Not the great contributions black Americans have made to American culture through music, art, food, sports etc. No, let's keep the mental chains of slavery, slavery that ended 160 years ago as the most important cultural bond for black Americans.

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It would make for a good psychology study, i.e., why do so many blacks willingly stay on the victimhood plantation when they can go free?

Lord, I'm white and I picked cotton as well. Actually I watched my siblings (brothers and sisters) pick cotton. My job was to bring them water which they dipped out of a bucket with a latel. Then at lunch time I helped my Mom distribute their lunches which she packed in lard cans. Mom cooked hot meals everyday. My parents didn't want me to pick cotton cause the thorns on the cotton plants cut up my hands, and tended to make me slow. I was too young.

From sunrise to sunset we picked cotton.

I learned the meaning of sacrificial love and teamwork from that experience. We was poor but we didn't know it - we had each other and we had God. We had all that we needed.

Sweet Memories.