@ELuttwak Please dont hold them to white supremacy standards of logic

@ELuttwak The white man didn’t start slavery, but they ended it

@ELuttwak The term slave originated from the European Slavic nations that were used as slaves by Romans before Arabs. The same thing happened to Vandalism, driven by vandal German tribes that revolted against Romans for using their women and children for the sex trade.

@ELuttwak Remind me why the slave trade thrives in Libya right now. Remind me what recent event occurred that causes the slave trade to now thrive in Libya.

@ELuttwak @willchamberlain Still going on in Mauritania and any parts of the Sahel under Islamist control.

@ELuttwak Some black folks believe Wakanda is real too.

@ELuttwak @willchamberlain They also used to remove the men's genitalia

@ELuttwak It is peculiar to me how little if any attention the Arab slave trade has received culturally. It reminds me of how little attention so-called feminists give to issues in Muslim communities and lands, a notable exception being @Ayaan .

@ELuttwak And was larger in volume

@ELuttwak They're aware, but even if fictional and backwards, tying yourself to some larger group from whom you hope to grift is a sound idea. The biggest threat to Vietnam's sovereignty has been China. The DRV joined itself at the hip to China for the duration of the 2 Indochinese Wars.

@ELuttwak Arabs had many African slaves castrated.

@ELuttwak Let us do not forget the Zanj Rebellion either!

@ELuttwak You're right of course but overlook that arab slavers in the red sea weren't the ones that trafficked the black Americans ancestors. They're dissociating themselves from what happened to them not what happened on the opposite side of a vast continent.

@ELuttwak The Barbary slave trade snatched many a European from the Mediterranean coasts. North Africa still owes Europe many trillion$ in compensation

@ELuttwak The Arab slave trade emerged in 7th century, 10 centuries before the Atlantic slave trade. It’s estimated that 3/4 of the captured slaves died before they could be sold. Historians estimate that 10 - 18 million people were enslaved by Arabs, including up to 1.25 million Europeans

@ELuttwak Spot on.

@ELuttwak To be fair, Muslims were open to enslaving people of all races, so there was not the same link to racism.

@ELuttwak @amyalkon

@ELuttwak ... Or that Muslim north africans were at the top of their supply chain. They caught, enslaved and transported them to West African ports!

@ELuttwak @ELuttwak is it possible that it is you who blissfully misunderstand why they take these names?