Here is the Dakota land map of Minneapolis and Saint Paul I worked on. This map illustrates the story of the past, present and future of Dakota people and our language in the Twin Cities.
I uploaded a 8.5" x 11" PDF that is free to download and print: https://t.co/uVett9ZEzY
Celebrating 250 years of “freedom” while ignoring 250 years of genocide, displacement, slavery, racism, xenophobia, and imperial violence is not patriotism. It’s hella violent.
Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity andhappiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.
Happy birthday to the country that has detained kids, ripped families apart, killed protesters, and have been terrorists to it's own ppl and other counties but protects pedophiles, rapists, war criminals and racists. The USA is a corrupt country
And this is actually the difference maker. Because the goal wasn’t to be validated in white spaces. It was to dominate every space to the point that he, a black man, and other black artists could not be pushed out. To dismantle the racism he and many others experienced through a sound they created. And that STARTED with Thriller.
MJ in a note to himself, 1987
Does this sound “whitewashed”?
“There’s a whole new generation of white Kids who are children to the KKK. I saw on the news on Martin Luther King’s Birthday, these kids were watching their parents stone Black people. They will grow up prejudice. They Hate Blacks. My goal is to become so “Big”, so powerful, to become such a hero to end prejudice.”
Happy 250th America 🇺🇸
Genocide of the indigenous 🇺🇸
Legal slavery until 1863 🇺🇸
Legal segregation until 1964 🇺🇸
No credit cards for women until 1974 🇺🇸
Only country to use a nuclear weapon 🇺🇸
Most incarcerated nation on earth 🇺🇸
Only major economy w/o universal healthcare 🇺🇸