Notices by StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world), page 2

People are not attempting to legitimize slavery because of the past, it's because they want to do it in the future.

Education is activism.

@chris There's a reason Black people say education will set you free.

@chris Yep. And the hits keep coming.

@chris People need to understand that Florida is the fascist example of their future if they don't do something.

"Students at Florida public schools will now learn that Black people benefitted from slavery because it taught them skills. This change is part of the African American history standards the State Board of Education approved at a Wednesday meeting."

"...high school teachers will talk about the “acts of violence perpetrated by African Americans” at the 1920 Ocoee Massacre, in which a white mob killed at least 30 Black people."

https://www.rawstory.com/ap-black-history-florida/

" There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted," Kennedy said of the virus, according to the Post. "COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately... COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese."

This man is a TOTAL FUCKING LUNATIC.

RFK Jr. suggests COVID-19 could have been 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews

https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-2662283859/

If you believe in equality and human rights for all, then stand up for them. If you don't, you don't actually believe in either one. You're just posing as a decent human being.

I'm a 59 year old African American woman. I've desegregated a town, a school system and many other spaces. When I discuss racism in this nation, I'm not going to ameliorate my speech for the comfort of anyone. I don't exist to comfort others about the reality of what I was born into - what we all live in together. If that's a problem for you, I suggest you embark on some self-reflection to determine what your actual role is within this system.
#racism #politics #blackmastodon

The U.S. is unsafe for human beings.

"Follow us on Twitter" is now a declaration of fascist complicity.

Some people never fucking learn.

"The report to be released on Monday says 38% of children strip-searched were black. Black children make up 5.9% of the population, meaning they were six times over-represented.

The youngest child strip-searched was eight, and about a quarter were 10-15, the report will say."

Black children much more likely to be strip-searched in England and Wales than white peers

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/26/race-disparity-police-strip-searches-of-children-england-and-wales

This is a painting of my great grandfather as a small child. Apparently, it is a portion of a much larger painting. He was born enslaved, his father was the owner of a plantation. My avatar is a picture of his wife, my great grandmother.

#BlackFriday #blackmastodon #BlackJoy