This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us wit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020First, let's be clear: The Founders were racists.
They weren't "products of their time." They KNEW slavery was wr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020In the only book Thomas Jefferson ever wrote, "Notes on the State of Virginia," he dedicated pages to explaining wh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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BUT here is the thing:
When these truths are pointed out by black people or actual historians, it doesn't mean we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020The problem is that many white people believe that being a racist is an all-encompassing trait that stains everythi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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For instance:
The fact that police disproportionately shoot black people is racist. It does not mean that individ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and others did not explicitly say they hated black people.
They just created a syst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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White supremacy is the reason there is an electoral college There were more enslaved people in the south, which wou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020White supremacy is the reason every state has different voting laws.
Some states allowed free black landowners to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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White supremacy is the reason behind America's military might.
Southern states didn't think the federal government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020So, instead of facing these historical truths and force us to reconcile with how this country has treated black peo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Why wouldn't you hate the idea of defunding the police if you didn't know that American policing descended from sla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Why wouldn't you think black people are lazy and less intelligent if you didn't know about redlining and how it sti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Why wouldn't you think a speech at Mount Rushmore was a great idea if you didn't know how America stole the land fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020Confederate monuments do represent history.
They represent the historical lengths this country has gone to whitewa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Removing these symbols of white supremacy has nothing to do with anger or resentment.
If black people ever unleash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020There is only one way.
See, a long time ago, we read another activist explained exactly how to eliminate racism an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free:"
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(@michaelharriot) July 05, 2020
The Obama Diary 