Submitted by Philip Power
In the British West Indies much of the early capital to finance White slavery came from Sephardic Jews from Holland. They provided credit, machinery and shipping facilities. In the 1630s Dutch Jews had been deeply involved in the enslavement of the Irish, financing their transport to slave plantations in the tropics. By the 1660s, this combination of Jewish finance and White slave labor made the British island colony of Barbados the richest in the empire. The island’s value, in terms of trade and capital exceeded that of all other British colonies combined. (John Oldmixon, The British Empire in America, vol. 2, p. 186.)
Amerika nýn her gün daha çok iten iki kutbu
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Ergin Yıldızoğlu : Kutuplaşmış toplumda siyaset
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In an age of identity politics that puts a premium on skin color and other demographic factors as qualifications for public office rather than individual talent and experience, we are constantly told that a group like President Joe Biden’s cabinet picks must “look like America.”
And a recent news story by Religion News Service’s (RNS) Yonat Shimron seems to affirm that Biden has indeed succeeded in satisfying that maxim, assuming all of his nominees are confirmed:
“Joe Biden’s cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the cabinet including the vice president, the heads of 15 executive departments and eight other key positions will be the most racially and ethnically diverse ever.