This is enraging simply because Kim Potter is a murderer and last year when that black woman was being violently threatened by white supremacists while in her home, the police said there was nothing they could do. Community men came and sat outside her house everyday for months.
Give Stacey Abrams, Fair Fight, the New Georgia Project, and every single organizer that has made this possible all of the credit. All of it. What they have done in Georgia is remarkable.
She was used for everything. Used to promote everything. Used to make people look good and socially conscious. Used to promote parties. Used for memes. Used as an example. Used and used and used. And even with all of this, she didn’t get the one thing she needed. Justice.
The longer we differentiate Black History from American History the more we diminish the contributions made by Black Americans throughout history. Black history isn’t a subsidiary of US history. Black history IS American History.