How many of the at least 600 women that were sexually assaulted by “John of God” saw him because of Oprah platforming him?

Tbh, it should. American educations don’t touch Africa barring a dip into Egypt, which usually compresses the dynasties in a way that does nothing for a deeper understanding. Even as someone with a BA in history, that watched the course listing like a hawk for “history of the Sahel” or “history of the Mali empire” or some lovely 3000-4000 course - nothing.

I should have been taught who Nkrumah was. And Léopold Senghor, and Kenyatta…

Instead, I lean on The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith. Which is a good book, but by a journalist, not a historian.

Yeah, it’s not like we’ve got a government administration that is actively seeking to remove mentions of women and people of color from their websites.

Its not like the Smithsonian is returning artifacts to people against their requests, and pulling specific items from view to please the current administration.

It also be “both sides have something to learn from each other!” Oscar bait a la Crash or Green Book.

Pre medieval knitting bothers me immensely. Stockinette is too recognizable and too taken for granted to not be driving me crazy constantly.

Look up who Alec McGuiness played in Lawrence of Arabia.

Idk what all these gay innuendos have to do with this?

Fun story - I went to a troubled teen facility, and we had “group.” There was no actual qualifications required for the people running “group.”

We watched Tyler Perry movies. (Also at one point Ip Man which is a goated film.) I learned the phrase “give head” or similar while watching How Did I Get Married. I was asked to think about the lessons that this movie could apply to my interpersonal relationships - I had never considered how the frequency of oral sex would decease after marriage.

Tbh - if you do any academic study of history, that’s what it all starts to look like.

I tried to watch Spartacus because Kubrick and… I couldn’t. Those fucking hairdos. The depiction of Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator upset me - like no, the man was not a proto Thomas Jefferson (and even the IRL Jefferson made his money on child slavery and raped children.) Wuxia is so much fun but there’s never going to be a period accurate Three Kingdoms (which is a 14th century novel anyway)

Medieval history especially…. That’s pages and pages, and I’m not even really that much of a medievalist.

That’s literally not what the article says.

Please keep demonstrating your cognitive dissonance - this is a fascinating case study. You’ve repeatedly made incorrect claims, switched back and force between them, and provided my evidence.

Feel free to waste your time gargling the cum of stinky Mussolini though.

Halle Berry, or hallelujah

The Zulu were badass. I cheer for them every time I see that weird movie. I’ll have to read this one very soon - African history is so goddamn hard to find resources on.

Like, I have a whole ass BA in history. While pursuing my BA, I wanted to take a class on African history. I watched for classes on African history for at least four years at a larger university. There were never any “history of the African continent.” Never any history of Nigeria or history of the Mali empire or whatever. Everything I have I’ve pieced together has been through immense personal effort - which makes me angry. Why is African history neglected? Why is African linguistics so neglected, when click languages are the coolest thing that have ever existed? Why is Timbuktu a mythical place instead of being recognized as what was the Library of its time, that the people who saved it from whatever fucked up Salafist group attacked aren’t recognized as genuine Saints - why is African history so neglected?

A favorite personal exercise is to ask people to name 5 African counties unprompted -this is a test that almost every single person I have directly posed this question to has failed. Chad maybe, “the Congo”, Uganda. My ex had some passion for Algeria/the FLN so could name them, although I’m the only one that bothered reading Fanon.

Klarna? The usury company? The “preys on kids who failed the Algebra 2 test on interest” company?

If I had the final resources and executive functioning to do so, I would.

I have already experienced torture. The apartment I have right now is the first time in the thirty-ish years of my life that I have not been under the control of an abusive and dangerous person.

I can’t make my brain work enough to finish the 2 hour class I need for my masters. I can barely make it work to find another job, so I can get health insurance, and afford the help making my brain work.

Hey broseph - looks like we are struggling with some reading comprehension here - care to look at the title of the article you just shared? I’ll add italics for emphasis to help you find the key words.

Deported family of U.S. citizen girl recovering from rare brain tumor is determined to return

Hey, let’s take a look at the second paragraph too:

She’s one of four U.S. citizen children who were sent to Mexico from Texas three months ago when immigration authorities deported their undocumented parents.

So it appears that either you are illiterate, or lying, based on the source that you shared.

The fact that they keep condoms locked up is obnoxious and stupid. Some teenager is not going to feel comfortable pressing that button and standing next to the condoms while waiting 20 minutes for someone to notice them. They’re just going to knock up their girlfriend instead.

Few medical specialists can effectively monitor these kinds of cases; the girl’s U.S. doctors are among those with the necessary expertise. The girl needs scans and checkups every three months, her doctors told the Texas Civil Rights Project.

The surgery that saved the girl’s life last year left her with some lasting side effects. The swelling on her brain is still not fully gone, her mother said in March, causing difficulties with speech and mobility of the right side of her body.

Before the family was removed from the U.S., the girl was routinely checking in with doctors monitoring her recovery, attending rehabilitation therapy sessions and taking medication to prevent convulsions.

Did you even read the article you shared?

Well, googling “ICE” and “Meet the Press” provides several different videos on several different topics. Usually, when we have sources for claims, we provide them as a link. If you need help figuring out how to do so, you use two brackets like this [text you want shows up here] and than follow that with (https://your/ link)

I’m also unsure on how the director of ICE would know that this woman wanted her child to not have access to their cancer treatment, since the entire point was that due process was not followed and they literally put them on a plane before a court could tell them no.

But if you are okay with deporting US citizens, you’ve made a decision on what side of history you are going to be on.