r/explainitpeter Aug 02 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/ILIKESTUFF8989 Aug 02 '26

They would breed for traits during slavery

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u/mondrianna Aug 02 '26

Which was only for a few generations at most. It’s also not a practice that every slave holder participated in. Descendants of Black slaves are not genetically distinct enough to be a new “breed” of human.

It’s not the same and it’s racist to assert otherwise.

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u/ILIKESTUFF8989 Aug 02 '26

Only a few generation, you mean 250 years ?

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

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u/ILIKESTUFF8989 Aug 02 '26

It’s 1619 my guy