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#WhiteHistoryMonth

Black History Month

Black History Month Day 3.

71 million people voted for the continuation of racism and hate in America. This number includes 55% of white women, an increase from the 52% that voted for Trump in 2016. The first time they feigned ignorance. They said it was about the economy. This time around they don’t have that as an excuse. This time they simply chose division over unity, hate over love, white supremacy over racial harmony. Don’t let anyone tell you different.

#VOTESOHARD2020

There’s the white American version of events and the truth. #themoreyouknowthemoreyougrow

The grandson (let that sink in for a minute) of the 10th president of the United States, John Tyler, who was a slave owner, a staunch supporter of the Civil War, and a member of the Confederate House of Representatives, died last week. He was only 95 years old. He is survived by his brother who is 91. Don’t tell me that the psychological and economic impacts of the American slave trade are no longer affecting the lives of every single Black person in this country when the GRANDCHILDREN of the architects of those systems are alive and well. Don’t tell me that slavery in America was a long ago chapter of this country’s complicated history when there are direct links to that chapter still living and breathing in this chapter. This is the case for reparations. This is the case for righting those wrongs and leveling the playing field.

Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line More than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, the legacy of discrimination can still be seen in California’s poorest large city. Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series exploring the vast racial and economic inequality in Fresno, the poorest major city in California. These stories were reported by students at the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism....Continue reading

This image is authentic and shows a 1942 YMCA brochure for Camp Minikani, a children’s summer camp in Wisconsin. Hit the Nigger Baby (also known as The Black Dodger or Hit the Coon) was a common fairground game in which players hurled objects (usually eggs or baseballs) at African-American people serving as human targets. According to the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University, It sounds like a common carnival target game, but there was one unsettling part of the game, namely, the game’s target was a real live human being, a ‘negro’ human being. Learn more at the Jim Crow Museum. https://www.ferris.edu///jimcrow/question/2012/october.htm

The more you know...

Wow! 2 icons lost within hours of each other. Remembering the great Rev. CT Vivian and his tireless work to force America to live up to its ideals and promises. Rest in Power!

The voices are haunting... The stories are chilling... This is American history.

Gini Gerbasi is the rector at St John’s. She was there yesterday when this went down.

These first person stories coming out of Ga are sad and enlightening, and somehow also not surprising at all. If you have a first person encounter with bigotry or racism please DM me. I’m thinking about publishing a collection of essay’s that detail what being black in 2020’s America is like.

Useful (and free) info for parents and high school students making decisions about college.

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