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The Treaty of Fort Jackson (also known as the Treaty with the Creeks) was signed on this day in 1814 at Fort Jackson in Alabama. The treaty was agreed upon in the aftermath of the defeat of Red Stick (Upper Creek) resistance by U.S. forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
The treaty was the "largest single Indian cession of southern American land", according to historian Michael Rogin - around 23 million acres in Alabama and Georgia. The U.S. forces won with the battle with the help of allied Cherokee and Lower Creek forces friendly to the American side.
The terms of various treaties with the Creek nation would go on to be consistently violated by Americans colonizing the south.
I hope you nerds have a good month of August 
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got called a "labor aristocrat" for pointing out the way servers talk about Black people lol
i am no longer wondering why there are so few of us on this website
It gets exhausting right? I ofc have an opinion on the tipping discourse but even if I theoretically agree, HBs will just default ignore the realities of black (and other racialized) people in this shithole "country".
As if the countless generations of societal engineering haven't deliberately created an environment where a white server (currently fucked over by their employer through theft of wages and foisting the expectation of tipping onto customers) looks at black customers with utter disdain.
As it goes
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you"
Its sad that it has to be said many times and yet working class crackers will always default to their racist roots no matter what.
We keep on having the same damn struggles, just constantly rebranded for a new generation and sadly they just fall for it over and over again. I'm legit tired. So fucking tired that white people really can't open their fucking eyes. Then again, why should they? White privilege is a hell of a drug.
The vibes haven't been worse than this since 2020.
I'll keep scrolling this garbage, but I shudder at the thought of mentioning this site to anyone else I know.
Most hb comments are liberal zionism and cracker chauvinism dressed up in marxist language
You replied under my thread and I’m sorry your (our) perspectives were dismissed like that.
I deleted my original comment about servers because it’s not helpful to propagate generalizations and I’m always trying to be a better person but unfortunately, other people on this site will never self reflect because they fit into the site’s demographic.
I honestly have shit experience with servers 75% of the time. I AM literally expected to hold their hand and placate them and be understanding of their own internal biases. I still pay >15-20% pretty much every single time. Through various times of my life, I’ve made less than the server serving me. But I’m not supposed to complain about their shit service, I’m supposed to pay through gritted teeth for being treated less than. And then you have to go online to hear someone use woke language by calling you a labor aristocrat.
It would be awesome if I had less of a conscience about this so I could just hit that 0% and live guilt free. But no, I see myself as Vladimir Lenin, a world historical figure I guess.
Better a Lenin than a Trotsky, in this and other matters
Meh, tbh. I don’t think it should be a big deal to not tip if someone’s being treating unequally. I just do because it’s a personal choice