When I was 16 I was facing 4 years for something I didn’t do because someone said “The black kid did it.” I was accused of throwing clay into a classroom I’ve never been in at a school I was visiting with my… https://t.co/MTZZVJVP44
@Nibiru1000@trjnews Yall know most of our civil rights leaders came to understand the broader coalition of all working and poor people necessary to keep black people safe? We cannot still be this myopic
@MDavis06765001@NFL@TheRealCocoJ Do you not like the lyrics or the fact that it’s a song about freedom for all by and about Black Americans? Mind you Anerica The Beautiful isn’t the national anthem either.
@GarbageHuman24 By that logic I’m thinking white families gathering with their children to watch innocent black people hang from trees and burn, taking pictures, and making postcards they’d send to their relatives was probably a more time-relevant example of the need for segregation.
@SharikaSoal84 I don’t understand how people look at Donald Trump’s history of being a slumlord, calling for the lynching of the exonerated Central Park 5, underpaying staff, hiring undocumented immigrants, & gaming the tax system equals being a champion for poor & black people. Explain please.
@newrorynmal@MAL___ I guess for most of us, no ever modeled self reflection, accountability or admitting fault and apologizing. So we glorify unnecessary competition & negativity while immasculating each other for building each other up. God-forbid we ever admit we have a change of heart and mind.
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Two years ago today, Elijah McClain was taken off life support. Two years without justice. Officers stopped Elijah while he was walking home, placed him in a chokehold, and paramedics injected him with ketamine. No one has been held accountable.
Elijah should still be alive.