Itโs #BlackHistoryMonth and I have to ask:
Are people including enslaved Africans, descendants of those enslaved, and Black people whose unjust, low-wage labor sustained the economy in the 1800s/1900s as immigrants when they say โimmigrants built this countryโ?
Because chattel slavery was for the express purpose of building empire.
But our ancestors werenโt folks who came here seeking a better life.
They arrived in chains, were bred like cattle, and severely violated, sexually and otherwise. Their trauma shouldnโt be diminished or forgotten, even in efforts toward freedom from ICEโs inhumane, violent tactics.
We can only get to justice for all when truth is taught, embraced, and spoken.