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| Nickelodeon: Alamo was fought so white farmers could keep slaves | |
| 2005-05-10 | |
| (SAN ANTONIO) -- A claim on the children's cable TV outlet Nickelodeon that the 1836 Battle of the Alamo was fought so 'white farmers could keep their slaves' has sparked controversy and outrage in this city, where the Texans who died in the historic battle are held up as examples for people to emulate, 1200 WOAI news reported Tuesday. The fifty second long piece on Nickelodeon, which is part of an ongoing series of features about the U.S. called 'My Back Yard," shows a San Antonio teenager telling the largely pre-teen audience that 'in the early 1800's, most of the people living in San Antonio were white farmers who brought their slaves with them.' It goes on to claim that conflict over slavery between slaveholding settlers and a Mexican government which had abolished slavery 'led up' to the Battle of the Alamo.
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| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #8 Trying to teach things to kids in one-minute sound bites isn't going to work. Given enough repetition it actually works pretty well. How many 70's Saturday morning cartoon watchers can still sing the Preamble to the Constitution? {raises hand} |
| Posted by: SC88 2005-05-10 23:29 |
| #7 The fifty second long piece on Nickelodeon,.. Trying to teach things to kids in one-minute sound bites isn't going to work. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-10 21:27 |
| #6 You can see a list of the names of the defenders at the Alamo here. There are a fair number of Hispanic names there. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 18:51 |
| #5 Shipman, if you think there's even a grain of truth, then please explain to me WHY de-facto slavery, in the form of peonage, remained in Mexico until the second revolution, in the 1900's. For that matter, I'd also like to hear an explanation of that from Nickolodeon. The rest of what I have to say on the subject is unprintable. I'm ***king disgusted. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 18:42 |
| #4 Mexico has oil, Texas has oil, and don't forget the plans for the pipeline to Oklahoma (oklahoma is Ok!). Sam Houston lied and people died! how clear does it have to be before you see the truth! /idiot rant |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2005-05-10 18:04 |
| #3 Course the real reason is because Davy Crockett and Jeb Boone Travis were making a country safe for Haliburton/Standard Oil of Mikosukee. /jeebus |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-10 17:07 |
| #2 There's a tiny bit of truth to it tho.... :) Bwhaaaaaaaaaaahhaaaaaa! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-10 17:06 |
| #1 And thus, the revisionism of history continues. Never mind all the Tejanos who made up the majority of the people rebelling against Mexico. It is the eeeeevil whitie and the joooooo. Plus, isn't Nickelodeon a canadian company? What the hell do they know about Mexican-American history anyway? Liberal asswipes.... |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-05-10 16:58 |