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No, it's not okay to ban books about Black People and I never said it was at any point in the post I made.
Also like 80% of Black Americans are Christian you know
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/02/07/5-facts-about-the-religious-lives-of-african-americans/
"Religion, particularly Christianity, has played an outsize role in African American history. While most Africans brought to the New World to be slaves were not Christians when they arrived, many of them and their descendants embraced Christianity, finding comfort in the Biblical message of spiritual equality and deliverance. In post-Civil War America, a burgeoning black church played a key role strengthening African American communities and in providing key support to the civil rights movement."
What does Black people being religious have to do with this? Did you read the original post?
Because 80% of Black people are Christians in this country because Christianity helped black people overcome the oppression from White Supremacy. Christianity was a driving factor in keeping Black Unity after the Civil War and during the Civil Rights movements. Nearly all Civil Rights movements in America started in Churches. Christianity was a positive thing for Black people and still is, it's kept more Black families together and has made Black people wealthier over time.
So what does Black people being religious have to do with this? It has everything to do with banning the Bible when 80% of Black people in America are Christians.
And so, as a result, they’re cool with banning talk about slavery is okay? Tf are you even saying?
No, they're not ok with it, black people are not ok with banning any of those books and neither am I, not once have I ever said anything at anytime about banning anything, I don't want any book to be banned, and that includes the Bible