The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a series of photos from the National Museum of African American History at the Smithsonian today without comment. Honestly, they said it all.
As if our country has honored enough Black heroes and now we want to try and erase the ones we actually know about. It’s no wonder that Black people don’t feel seen.
Make no mistake, tRump did not like the extreme popularity of the Black woman running against him. He’s a small pitiful excuse of a human as are all his racist misogynistic sycophants who are happy to carry out this erasure.
They "BothSided" American history, to erase patriots like Harriet Tubman. But a bunch of people will still know. And we in the 92% and the 80% will remember.
The upshot is, it makes it that much harder for bad faith actors to play in our faces with "He's not racist you guys! The party's not racist!" "DeMOcrAt pLAnTAtioN!"
Seems like plantations ARE actually a thing people like after all!
We can't get that abomination in the White House outta there fast enough. Does he really think he can erase history? Are books that tell of these brave men and women of color going to be ordered to be burned with another of his ridiculous EOs? And once he's gone, think of all the work it will probably take to reinstate everything that has been scrubbed. This timeline is a nightmare.
Unfortunately there's a lot of power and deference in serving the unreconstructed. And the deliberate failure of the USA to properly reconstruct after the Civil War pays more foul dividends.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a series of photos from the National Museum of African American History at the Smithsonian today without comment. Honestly, they said it all.
Tubman's story is amazing. I didn't learn about her going to get her husband and his remarriage until this year, it was in the film "Tubman" on Hulu.
More details about her life are most welcome, thank you Robinson.
[In its place are “images of Postal Service stamps that highlight ‘Black/White cooperation’ in the secret network.”]
So Affirmative Action in history for white people. "Look! Some of us white folks were on the right side!"
As if our country has honored enough Black heroes and now we want to try and erase the ones we actually know about. It’s no wonder that Black people don’t feel seen.
Make no mistake, tRump did not like the extreme popularity of the Black woman running against him. He’s a small pitiful excuse of a human as are all his racist misogynistic sycophants who are happy to carry out this erasure.
Have you seen Ms. Magazine's bicentennial project? My colleague Janell Hobson heads it up: https://msmagazine.com/tubman200/
This is great! Thank you.
They "BothSided" American history, to erase patriots like Harriet Tubman. But a bunch of people will still know. And we in the 92% and the 80% will remember.
The upshot is, it makes it that much harder for bad faith actors to play in our faces with "He's not racist you guys! The party's not racist!" "DeMOcrAt pLAnTAtioN!"
Seems like plantations ARE actually a thing people like after all!
We can't get that abomination in the White House outta there fast enough. Does he really think he can erase history? Are books that tell of these brave men and women of color going to be ordered to be burned with another of his ridiculous EOs? And once he's gone, think of all the work it will probably take to reinstate everything that has been scrubbed. This timeline is a nightmare.
Unfortunately there's a lot of power and deference in serving the unreconstructed. And the deliberate failure of the USA to properly reconstruct after the Civil War pays more foul dividends.
He thinks that he can erase history, but the truth has a way of reveling itself.