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[Speaker to Animals]

The Color Purple is what was thinking of.



That movie was serious, but had some hilarious scenes in it. I loved her character.

[Montegriffo]

Whatever, dude. You obviously are not here to honestly engage with people. You just want to be a dick and virtue signal all the time.

Well we were having a reasonable discussion about the 2 excellent history TV series before you turned up and got all angry and called me a pedo. Who is the person unable to engage with people in this thread?
Jesus fucking Christ DSL what is wrong with you?

[Speaker to Animals]

And neither were hilarious unless you are one sick bastard....

What kind of response is that to a question?

[Montegriffo]

The Color Purple is what was thinking of.



That movie was serious, but had some hilarious scenes in it. I loved her character.

OK, so nothing to do with the conversation we were having, no wonder you were confused. That is a very good film with some funny moments but nothing to do with slavery. Next time before you blow your top try reading the thread so you don't make such an idiot of yourself.

[Speaker to Animals]

[SuburbanFarmer]

Way to shut down another thread. Great work, dipshit.

[Montegriffo]

And neither were hilarious unless you are one sick bastard....

What kind of response is that to a question?

That is a valid response to someone who appeared to find a serious and very harrowing program about slavery "hilarious" How was I to know you were talking about something completely different?

[Montegriffo]

Way to shut down another thread. Great work, dipshit.

It's fucking crazy isn't it? I think he needs some anger management therapy or a large dose of tranquillisers.

And people wonder why Dan shut down the DCF.

[Speaker to Animals]

And neither were hilarious unless you are one sick bastard....

Blame that guy ^^^

And GCF, you haven't contributed anything but snide remarks and stupid insults for months, so you can fuck off too.

[katarn]

I imagine the history of slavery is taught more in US schools than in the UK. The original series came out when I was 11 or 12 and may have been responsible for it being taught more than previously.
There were only 3 TV stations at the time so nearly everyone watched it.
Same with the series Holocaust which was around the same time.
My father and I watched them together but I do remember that some of my school friends parents didn't let them watch as they thought it was not suitable for 11 year olds.

I don't remember much about the topic from school other than being taught about the triangle trade and the civil war. I'm sure it's taught much more in depth now.

Now, I've had a bit of a light-US/and era history due to curriculum differences in states (having moved a lot), but slavery isn't really taught too much by the actual experience. It does feature as an institution in the high school/AP classes, but even those mostly examine its origins/ decline and causes thereof. So basically still the triangle trade. (Assuming 'civil war' means the US Civil War.)