r/news • u/FreeChickenDinner • 4d ago

West Virginia couple charged with trafficking their adopted Black children to be used as ‘slaves,’ authorities allege

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/us/west-virginia-adopted-black-children-slaves-reaj/index.html
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u/Muted_Balance_9641 4d ago

Fun fact is the neighbors called the cops a ton to report them but the cops only came a few times.

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u/WriggleNightbug 4d ago

This fact isn't fun at all.

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u/Muted_Balance_9641 4d ago

I mean I find it hopeful that the neighbors never gave up until the kids got rescued. Even in a state like West Virginia which is associated to some degree with the history of the south.

But to each their own.

Hope the kids can sue their “parents” and their church and family for everything they own.

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u/cat_prophecy 4d ago

West Virginia is a state specifically created because they didn't want slaves and didn't want to be part of the Confederacy.

Why anyone would think it's "part of the south" is entirely beyond me.

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u/ImportantObjective45 4d ago

Modern culture war propaganda tells states that were invaded by the confederacy to consider themselves members. 

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u/Psychological_Fish37 3d ago

So true, they are re renaming schools Robert Lee in the south. They are pissed people want the south to stop being racist.

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u/ImportantObjective45 13h ago

Even the invader states were not good for citizens. Only 240 yuppie families were on top and they tweaked bank laws to take good land from regular farmers.

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u/Snoo_79218 4d ago

They have confederate statues that were erected by Sons of Confederate Veterans and contemporarily the Lost Cause pseudo historical narrative is alive and well in West Virginia. 

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u/Dwarte_Derpy 4d ago

Because of "muh deep history of racist culture" arguments are easy and sexy.

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u/CatoChateau 4d ago

Because of how much Banjo music permeates the air.