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jcrave t1_j9mjtlx wrote

Reply to comment by Wellgoodmornin in The First Fossil Finders in North America Were Enslaved and Indigenous People by nemo_to_zero

> Not that it should be that way it just is.

There’s your answer why this article exists.

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TRex19000 t1_j9mkkob wrote

But every non insane person knows slave labor was used in every aspect back then?

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jcrave t1_j9mr519 wrote

Slave labor in early American paleontology is definitely not a topic that’s been explored a lot. People may “know” it existed, but there are always more stories to tell. That’s the great thing about historical research.

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b_needs_a_cookie t1_j9nbmbx wrote

You'd be surprised what people aren't aware of or what they default to societal biases on if not clearly informed. Also, having a general inkling about slavery being used versus having a story/article/documentary clearly describe, model and expand upon its use will result into two different levels of an informed population.

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MOIST_PEOPLE t1_j9ns189 wrote

Children don't if they are not told. I don't know how old you are, or if you have kids, but at my age, almost 50, and having kids; You get a weird perspective of how youngster don't know anything they aren't told, and that once you die, you will be forgotten quickly, along with everything you know. Social narratives only live a short time as truths, real quick the change and become something different.

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