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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoUnfortunately, I would wager that the average American doesn’t know who he is either.
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoCertainly the caricature of all of the worst parts of America doesn’t know who he was: https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-frederick-douglass
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWith the mass underfunding of education to enable fascism, probably. “Frederick Douglas is one of the wokes, no money for teaching about him!”
Unfortunately, I would wager that the average American doesn’t know who he is either.
Certainly the caricature of all of the worst parts of America doesn’t know who he was:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-frederick-douglass
With the mass underfunding of education to enable fascism, probably. “Frederick Douglas is one of the wokes, no money for teaching about him!”