This @HGMedia film is one way for the families of the survivors to reclaim part of their story. I hope you’ll watch today on Netflix — and encourage your family and friends to watch and learn about this part of our history, too.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 22, 2022
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11
Nov
22
Descendant
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Tags: Africans, Barack, Barack Obama, Black History, Black History Month, Clotilda, Descendant, Descendants, documentary, netflix, Obama, President, ship, slavery, Survivors, tweets, White Supremacy
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03
Sep
20
If You Call Yourself An Ally, Then Pull Up
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13
Aug
20
Dream Bigger Than Your Last Dream
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Just spent the last 2 hours phone banking here in Texas. I called a grandmother. She’s 91. Black. She answered so sweet. I told her who I was, and asked if she was registered to vote for November. She said YES MAAM! I said, “wonderful. I hope we can expect your support...”
— Stephanie Whisenton 🏳️🌈🐳 (@StephTennille) August 12, 2020
“.... for the Biden Harris ticket.” She said, “Harris?” I said yes. She said, “He picked Kamala“ and broke down in tears, and started praying for Kamala. 😭
— Stephanie Whisenton 🏳️🌈🐳 (@StephTennille) August 12, 2020
I started to cry because I knew why this moment was heavy. I asked her, “what was she feeling?” She said...
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“baby, I’m overjoyed. Look at God.” I told her I’ve been emotional all afternoon thinking about my slave great great grandparents, and how I wish they knew it would get better. She told me about her days picking cotton, and about her scarred hands.
— Stephanie Whisenton 🏳️🌈🐳 (@StephTennille) August 12, 2020
She talked about her grandfather being lynched. She told me she hoped Kamala had the best security. She’s afraid someone will try to hurt her. We prayed again.
— Stephanie Whisenton 🏳️🌈🐳 (@StephTennille) August 12, 2020
Before we hung up she told me to dream bigger than my last dream. I promised I would.
Thank you Mrs Ethel. ❤️
07
Aug
20
13TH
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https://twitter.com/ava/status/1273035211572416512
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In the last 3 weeks, millions of members (a 4,665% increase vs. 3 wks prior) have sought out 13TH, Ava DuVernay’s essential doc about the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the US.
— Netflix (@netflix) June 16, 2020
The film is also available for free on YouTube as an educational resource. pic.twitter.com/EYOVgHaV82
08
Jul
20
Let It Sink In: 8:46
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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, Brooks, cops, Floyd, george, Gun Violence, history, lynching, murder, police brutality, Rayshard, Rayshard Brooks, slavery, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy
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Black people have been wondering why white people and other non-black people have been riled so much by George Floyd's murder-- and not by videos of other police shootings.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
I have a theory.
America watched black men get shot and killed.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
America watched reporters get shot on camera.
Twenty *white* children were shot to death in Sandy Hook.
We went on with our lives. If George Floyd had been shot, I don't know if the disgust and outrage would have been there.
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We sanitize our language and imagery around gunshot victims. Not many Americans see the damage bullets do to a body.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
There was no way to sanitize the inhumanity of Derek Chauvin using his body to crush the breath out of George Floyd.
8:45 minutes of pure cruelty on display.
The white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back--- also kicked Brooks as he lay dying on the ground.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
There are many white men & women in this country who derive a sadistic pleasure from the destruction of black bodies.
Even while we are dying.
Even after we are dead.
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The lynchings of black people were public entertainment.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
White folks even made photographs and postcards of lynchings to send to friends.
When it comes to black people dying, America has long treated it as a titillating spectacle.
Being shot isn't as interesting, perhaps.
Perhaps now, what we finally see is a collective white shame and guilt about these cruelties.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
So white people, you guys need to figure this out how to erase the emotional rewards of sadistic pleasure white people have long enjoyed in dominating and destroying black bodies.
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In short, what Derek Chauvin and Garret Rolfe did to George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks was barbaric. Primitive.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 17, 2020
The cruelty was the point.
Chokehold bans, body cams, and officer training won't fix the minds of the type of men who grin while crushing a person to death.
I will never forget that George Floyd called out for his late mother in the moments before he died.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 18, 2020
And the whole world responded.
We got you, Big Floyd.
06
Jul
20
white People Refuse To Handle The Truth
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This narrative that black people who want an accurate reflection of history are "angry and resentful" leaves us with one logical takeaway:
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
White people don't want to know history because they can't handle the truth.
A thread. pic.twitter.com/YXDoUQReRU
First, let's be clear: The Founders were racists.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
They weren't "products of their time." They KNEW slavery was wrong. They KNEW it was inhumane.
Gouverneur Morris, who literally wrote the Preamble said this during the Constitutional debates pic.twitter.com/CoOODu5BQQ
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James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, "thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Even Lincoln was a white supremacist. That's not my opinion. He said it himself when asked about freeing slaves: pic.twitter.com/Rz1T3RfxRw
In the only book Thomas Jefferson ever wrote, "Notes on the State of Virginia," he dedicated pages to explaining why black people were inferior.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Washington knew slavery was wrong but wouldn't manumit his slaves. He stalked Ona Judge, a runaway, until the day he died.
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BUT here is the thing:
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
When these truths are pointed out by black people or actual historians, it doesn't mean we want to erase everything they did. It doesn't mean we don't think the founding fathers' legacy should be deleted.
We just want y'all to tell the truth.
The problem is that many white people believe that being a racist is an all-encompassing trait that stains everything else a person does. They believe it is an evil feeling that lives inside the heart.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
I do not.
I think racism is a noun.
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For instance:
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
The fact that police disproportionately shoot black people is racist. It does not mean that individual officers go to work hoping to kill black people. It means they work for a system that disproportionately target black Americans.
That is racism.
Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and others did not explicitly say they hated black people.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
They just created a system that dehumanized black people and treated black people as property. And, while we often focus on slavery, it was not just about slavery.
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White supremacy is the reason there is an electoral college There were more enslaved people in the south, which would give the South a political advantage if they counted slaves as whole human beings.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
The founders' solution?
Count them as 3/5ths of a person.
White supremacy is the reason every state has different voting laws.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Some states allowed free black landowners to vote, which was unthinkable to other states.
The founders' solution?
Every state gets to set its own rules.
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White supremacy is the reason behind America's military might.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Southern states didn't think the federal government should be able to raise an army because they feared black soldiers might invade the South to free their black brothers.
The Founders' solution?
The 2nd Amendment pic.twitter.com/MqUdnGG2p9
So, instead of facing these historical truths and force us to reconcile with how this country has treated black people and indigenous people since its inception, we'd rather lie about it.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
And, in the vacuum created by this intentional whitewashing, racism flourishes
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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 slave-catching rules?
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Why wouldn't you think Confederate statues are monuments to white supremacist traitors if you believe the Civil War was about "states' rights?"
Why wouldn't you think black people are lazy and less intelligent if you didn't know about redlining and how it still influences school funding?
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
Why wouldn't you be against reparations if you didn't know how black ppl were excluded from the GI Bill, the New Deal & gov't loans?
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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 from the Sioux after signing a treaty that said it belonged to them?
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
But white people are right about one thing:
Confederate monuments do represent history.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
They represent the historical lengths this country has gone to whitewash the past. They represent the lie of "liberty and justice for all." They represent their willingness to ignore racism in order to honor whiteness in all its glory.
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Removing these symbols of white supremacy has nothing to do with anger or resentment.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
If black people ever unleashed their anger, there is not a sword in the world that wouldn't be wet with throatblood.
But we know that's not the answer.
There is only one way.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
See, a long time ago, we read another activist explained exactly how to eliminate racism and give our people justice.
It came from an admittedly whitewashed historical document but it still has a few relevant points, especially when he said:
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"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free:"
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) July 5, 2020
04
Jul
20
‘What To My People Is The Fourth Of July?’
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Amidst the national uprising for racial justice, ’Hamilton’ star @DaveedDiggs and a collective of Black artists created this evocative video inspired by Frederick Douglass’ ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ pic.twitter.com/FFcCVVeWcr
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) July 3, 2020
19
Jun
20
Juneteenth: A Story Of Progress
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Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: pic.twitter.com/KlOoYwdzD5
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020
This #Juneteenth, let’s all pledge to keep using our voices—and our votes—to keep marching toward freedom.pic.twitter.com/I510X0HCKe
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020
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Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible––and there is still so much work to do.https://t.co/5XCRdnk3iR
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2020
19
Jun
20
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
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"Juneteenth is a time to recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light."—@BarackObama, 2016 pic.twitter.com/WQ2C4QXLG3
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 19, 2020
Harriet Tubman
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 19, 2020
Mother Freedom#Juneteenth pic.twitter.com/iI1DdcxJno
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A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth? Support Black women filmmakers like @cgpeoples - her film @Juneteenthmovie drops on digital today. A lovely film about mothers and daughters, dreams deferred and reclaiming our own liberation. #MissJuneteenth pic.twitter.com/sphrPshhlJ
— FilmFatale_NYC 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇺🇸 (@FilmFatale_NYC) June 19, 2020
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Known as #Juneteenth, this day is widely celebrated as the end of chattel slavery in the U.S. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/banVoF49nl
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Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized & still remains largely unknown to the wider public. The legacy of #Juneteenth shows the value of deep hope & urgent organizing in uncertain times. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/juqbpOGxYu
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control, some enslaved people would not be free until much later.
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
[BLOG] The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth: https://t.co/rUhEaMtM0J #APeoplesJourney
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For more than 250,000 African Americans, June 19, 1865, signaled the final day of their enslavement. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, Texas had yet to officially recognize the President’s executive order. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/1eZrAfElgv
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Not until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX with 2,000 soldiers on June 19, 1865, did enslaved African Americans learn about their emancipation.
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
How do you and your community commemorate #Juneteenth? #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory pic.twitter.com/Guppu0hKZC
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