Btw "systemic racism" doesn't mean "lots of racists in the system". It means that even if there were *zero* "racists" present, the system would still disproportionately harm people of certain races. It's baffling that lots of educated folks don't understand this concept.
Today marks 65 years since Operation Ranch Hand began, when the U.S. military started spraying herbicides, including Agent Orange, across Vietnam.
Over the course of the operation, more than 80 million liters of herbicides were sprayed, leaving generations of Vietnamese people to live with the consequences.
History should remember.
After chaining our ancestors, hanging them, whipping them, burning them alive, stealing their land, and denying them the right to vote, the slave master brought the Bible and taught us to forgive our enemies and obey the master. 👀
I ain't buying that shit.
My people's safety comes first.
Hate does not and will never make America great. You cannot build a great country by teaching people to fear, hate, or dehumanize one another. America becomes stronger when equality, justice, and humanity are for everyone not just a select few.
A lot of racist rhetoric is projection.
They accuse Black people of being violent, dangerous, inferior, or seeking revenge, while ignoring the violence, oppression, and destruction their own societies have inflicted on Black people.
Imagine studying Greek mythology and calling it “rich cultural heritage,” then looking at African spiritual traditions and calling them “witchcraft.”
Yet both have gods, spirits, creation stories, sacred rituals, heroes and supernatural beings.
The Black Panther Party fed poor people, not just people of colour. That is what frightened the government. Because it showed poor people could build power, care for each other, and challenge the system together.
In his work The Library of History (Book III) written in the 1st century BCE, the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus recorded oral traditions from North-East Africa. He documented that ancient Egyptian civilization, religious practices, and laws originated from an Ethiopian core led by Osiris.