Bill O'Reilly Wants You to Know That White House Slaves 'Were Well Fed and Had Decent Lodgings'
PHILADELPHIA-Michelle Obama's speech lit up the Wells Fargo Center last night. In the process, she shed new light into the shadowy depths of American history with a remark about her daily routine:
"I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters–two beautiful, intelligent, black young women–playing with their dogs on the White House lawn."
Of course, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly couldn't allow a moment that laid bare the ugly reality of America's relationship with race to go unaddressed. He had to weigh in, and weigh in he did:
"Slaves that worked there were well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802. However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor. So, Michelle Obama is essentially correct in citing slaves as builders of the White House, but there were others working as well. Got it all? There will be a quiz."
Yep, that's right: being deprived of your basic human liberty and dignity wasn't so bad if you were put on a good project. At least he admitted she was "essentially correct"-but what else is on that quiz?
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[H/T: MediaMatters]
