No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
When do the memories of children torn from mothers’ breasts, fathers’ protection, a community’s legacy stop haunting us? When does healing begin?
— William Spivey
learn from the others that have gone through it. south africa with the end of appartheid is a great example and it looks like some parts started to take hold in the US
When do the memories of children torn from mothers’ breasts, fathers’ protection, a community’s legacy stop haunting us? When does healing begin?
— William Spivey
@clayrivers@BigAngBlack@blackmastodon@BlackMastodon A lot of kids spend their lifetime trying to overcome childhoods, even when growing up in their natural family, some with more success than others. There will never be one solution and much will depend on the individual's active pursuit at healing.
💛 “10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups”
Being an ally shouldn’t be a badge someone wears, like liberal street cred. It’s fundamentally a way of seeing the world in which you understand that every person is deserving of the same human rights and a chance to succeed in life.
—@Sherry_Kappel
@clayrivers@Sherry_Kappel@BigAngBlack@blackmastodon@BlackMastodon
"...but anti-Black racism can be found everywhere" Yes definitely. I grew up in the Deep South and moved to NL the first chance I had. Was surprised that racism have different "flavors." In NL we are only beginning to come to terms with our colonial past lately. Thank you for this and your other comments; they are helpful and on point (for me).
Ah, yes. The Deep South. I’m glad you were able to receive them in the spirit intended. Racism is just one of those topics that seems to grow in scope the more it’s examined. But it really comes down to being prepared to do the right the thing when the time comes; be it internally, interpersonally, or systemically. The key is to not give up. Too much is at stake. 🙂
💛 “Remember When You Couldn’t Call Someone a Racist? I Do!”
In fact, getting caught saying the wrong thing to the wrong person, or in the wrong place at the wrong time, could make for consequences that could be life threatening.
—R. Wayne Branch, PhD
A powerful, moving piece of writing. I was in Chicago until June ‘69, I remember reading about it, the Birmingham Bomb too, at least a sermon in church. Angela Davis on Democracy Now on 60th anniversary is so clear, insightful, and heartbreaking eloquent . Everyone should read it for truth and inspiration! When I was living on N.54th St in Phila there was a current song: ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ Yes, it will be and it is.
Ooooh, this is pointed directly at me. Hmm. So much to think about and also, such a clear statement about what's been bugging me about many of the novels in this genre (and in Paranormal Women's Fiction, the one I'm currently writing in).
THANK YOU for posting this. I'm definitely going to read it a bunch. <3
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future
Taking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma for models of racial repair, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy helps chart a new course toward a genuinely pluralistic democracy.
The strategies used to sustain dominance are pervasive, and transparent. Perhaps, because once concretized in a culture’s lexicon they’re so difficult to overcome.
——R. Wayne Branch, PhD
The strategies used to sustain dominance are pervasive, and transparent. Perhaps, because once concretized in a culture’s lexicon they’re so difficult to overcome.
—R. Wayne Branch, PhD
In The Origins of White, Christian Supremacy, author Robert P. Jones locates the roots of modern bigotry in the 1400s, taking the #history of hate even further back than the 1619 Project.
💛 “10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups”
Being an ally shouldn’t be a badge someone wears, like liberal street cred. It’s fundamentally a way of seeing the world in which you understand that every person is deserving of the same human rights and a chance to succeed in life.
—@Sherry_Kappel
💛 “10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups”
Being an ally shouldn’t be a badge someone wears, like liberal street cred. It’s fundamentally a way of seeing the world in which you understand that every person is deserving of the same human rights and a chance to succeed in life.
—@Sherry_Kappel
Downplaying an incident or behavior in question, tacitly makes the case for white supremacy by justifying a status quo in which whiteness reigns supreme.
—@clayrivers
Downplaying an incident or behavior in question, tacitly makes the case for white supremacy by justifying a status quo in which whiteness reigns supreme.
—@clayrivers