It’s been said that “you can always count on Americans to do the right thing.... after they’’ve exhausted every other option.” We’re often too distracted to wake up to something for a very long time, but once we do we slam it like nobody’s business. He will not get away with this
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56 men signed the Dec of Independence but 41 of them were slaveowners. It went on from there. Slavery then abolition, institutionalized suppression of women then women’s suffrage, segregation then civil rights movement. It’s like a characterilogocal struggle embedded in our DNA.
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No one said that! 250 years of slavery were followed by abolition, then another 100 years of institutionalized violence against Blacks. When it comes to race, we often take two 2 steps forward & 1 back. To me that’s why we need reparations now: to take another giant step forward.

Aug 17, 2020 · 3:42 AM UTC