On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay.
The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built.
True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come.
As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized.
Happy Juneteenth, New York City.
“Words don’t have meaning without context.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates humorously explains why relationships behind words , like calling a spouse “honey,” matters in relation to the N-Word and Black people.
(This was a great event at Northwestern)
Would you guys buy a trilogy remaster of Pipeworks and Atari Godzilla fighting games?
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You see how innocent it appears?
This is how the subtle programming that influences your subconscious works.
With God, a white plane
without God, a black plane.
And because the brain is simply a translating device, when things like this get internalized and form the core of your programme, it associates whyt people with God and Black People as Godless or with the devil.
Jesus literally staged a protest
IN
THE
TEMPLE.
Flipped some tables… and drove out the folks pretending to be holy.
It seems pretty clear that one of the most offensive things to God is when people use religion to cover up their greed and bigotry.
Rebuke it. In the name of Jesus.
This is the 2nd Black woman I’ve seen THIS WEEK who was in active labor in a hospital, was denied care, & had the baby <15 mins later. When we say the maternal mortality rates of Black women is 2-4 times higher than white women, this is why. Why make it about race? You tell me.
Hitler had 6 million mainly white people killed:
“the most evil man that ever lived”
Leopold of Belgium had at least 10 million black people killed:
“never heard of him”
Wonder why?