I want to speak directly to the Black women in our country. Thank you. You are too often overlooked, and yet are asked time and again to step up and be the backbone of our democracy. We could not have done this without you.
The police left the precinct expecting to show the world that, without the threat of state violence, the masses would descend into looting and riots. Instead the community came together to make public art and distribute resources to those in need.
George Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” have echoed across our nation and around the world.
For the President to try to put any other words in his mouth is frankly despicable.
Things people did for fun in the 1910s:
-walk 10 miles to school
-work in the factory
-buy literally anything with a nickel
-die in the Great War
-rob banks
-use newspapers
-have names like "Ulysses"
-watch The Titanic (1912)
-sit for 30 minutes to take a pic
-yellow fever