Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.
Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.
Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109789295728917242
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
Feb 1.
We even have quote posts this year!
This Statue of Liberty thread is especially relevant this year, when everyone is trying to pretend that US fascism against immigrants is something new, by ignoring the ongoing US fascism against Black people. People love to erase or ignore Black suffering. But we're still here, and we stubbornly refuse to be erased or ignored.
Read the whole thread if you haven't read it before.
