🚨 DAMN.
Ruby Bridges said the moment she finally understood what was happening during school integration was when a little white boy told her:
“My mom said I can’t play with you because you’re a nigger.”
She was SIX.
And she said hearing that felt like “a huge weight lifted,” because suddenly everything made sense.
Why the classrooms were empty.
Why adults were screaming.
Why U.S. Marshals had to escort her to school.
Not because of anything she did.
Just because of the color of her skin.
A six-year-old child realizing an entire country was angry at her for existing.
Keep posting this so people don’t forget how truly bad this event was.
Don’t let people gaslight you into thinking it was peaceful and worthy of 1500+ pardons and slush fund payoffs.
Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.
The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
@em_Lazzy I briefly watched his show, but he skways creeped me out. I heard bad things about him 30yrs ago, so I treaded lightly. Thats the ONLY time and it makes me feel woozy.
@DisavowTrump20@phillykeyguy@jimmykimmel All the MAGA crybabies in this post, spare me the outrage and morality. You voted for and support a rapist and pedophile who says far worse on a daily basis, and it’s not for humor. It’s out of pure hate.
Last night, CNN, TMZ, CBS and others reported the dinner gunman was “confirmed dead.” In fact, he was alive and had not been shot. (Just shot at). At a dinner honoring White House reporting, the rush to be first instead of being accurate was on full display. Speaks volumes.
Within a ten-day period, Fox News has advocated the lethal injection of mentally ill homeless folks to now applaud and encourage ICE agents to be physically violent towards Democratic political candidates... what's next from Faux News... -DW
@JoeBiden Thank you for being a good human during horrific times. No one deserves to die like this, not children, not MN politicians and not Charlie Kirk.
Whoever shot Charlie Kirk should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
And the Republican party has to stop opposing common sense gun reform, especially assault rifles.
DOING NOTHING IS NOT WORKING.