~A lesson in History~ Kente scarfs, as the Democrats wore yesterday, is a silken status symbol amongst Ashanti... who were slave traders known for not only taking prisoners in war, but kidnapping anyone, and everyone they could and selling them off as slaves. Although the first kente cloth was made of raffia fibers, Kente cloth, which was associated with Ashanti royalty, was made of silk during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Silk was extremely costly as this fabric was imported into the Ashanti kingdoms through the trans-Saharan trade route, a route that stretched across the Sahara Desert from the West Coast of Africa to the Middle East and from there to Europe and Asia. This trade route which dated back to at least 300 BCE crossed some of the most barren and desolate land in the world. The dangers of this crossing, even when traders used caravans of camels, were such that any and all goods transported this way came with a hefty price tag. One had to take and sell many slaves to be able to afford a rare luxury like a Silk Ashanti Kente scarf... our elected leaders, the Democratic Party of the United States of America... are basically bragging of having taken and sold a huge number of African Slaves... Welcome to the Planation! #justcantmakeupthislevelofcrazy