“Jefferson writes dismissively of slaves that “their griefs are transient.” American white supremacists to this day maintain that blacks are “mud people” because their lack of conscience prevents them from blushing – they are not capable of summoning “blood in the face,” as the.”

“Jefferson writes dismissively of slaves that “their griefs are transient.” American white supremacists to this day maintain that blacks are “mud people” because their lack of conscience prevents them from blushing – they are not capable of summoning “blood in the face,” as the.”

— Christopher Hitchens