5 Excuses for Slavery That Need to STOP | Decoded | MTV News

After Michelle Obama brought up that the white house was built by slaves in her DNC speech, Bill O’Reilly was all too quick to tell her why slavery wasn’t so bad. Why are people giving excuses for slavery in 2016? What even ARE the excuses? And why do we need to stop using them? Franchesca Ramsey breaks down some of the most common excuses to defend slavery and explains what’s really going on here. See: “10 Excuses to Deny Racism Debunked” for “The Irish Were Also Slaves” excuse: