Beardy Star Stuff on Nostr: 150 years later we have yet to reckon with the foundational violence of white ...
150 years later we have yet to reckon with the foundational violence of white supremacy.
"You can’t understand the scope of 122,000 names until you see them on a wall.
Each name, taken from the 1870 census, belonged to a former enslaved person. These are surnames. Family names. Combined, they represent about 4 million people who emerged from bondage.
Each one stands for an American once treated as an animal. Someone who could be abused and assaulted under the law. "
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/04/freedom-isnt-free/
"You can’t understand the scope of 122,000 names until you see them on a wall.
Each name, taken from the 1870 census, belonged to a former enslaved person. These are surnames. Family names. Combined, they represent about 4 million people who emerged from bondage.
Each one stands for an American once treated as an animal. Someone who could be abused and assaulted under the law. "
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/04/freedom-isnt-free/