…and I don’t mean the re-imagined #AmosAndAndy I mean the original #Blackface version. Here’s a clip for reference https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxeqBmZkNslzBkttB8Yxtkwn4ArINDebtJ

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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

Another reason I hate the idea of asserting that looting and rioting is the same as a racial uprising is because to me there’s a definite line of demarcation between whites rioting and looting to destroy successful Black neighborhoods and businesses and Black folks acting in equal and opposite force of the devaluing of Black life. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

I truly hope that during the Superbowl I can watch with a perspective that is nuanced after watching #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

I wonder how white folks would respond to us asking for Reconstruction instead of calling it Reparations. After the undeniable dismantling of the Reconstruction Era there’s a very clear way to repair those efforts. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

The human spirit of Black people is so resilient there is no imagination of the weight of that resilience. Because there IS a weight; and that weight IS costly. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

And to give context to the kind of child I was, this is my father. https://lasentinel.net/in-memory-of-tommy-jacquette-halifu.html

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I often wonder who I would be if I was raised in the southeast. As a defiant, pro black child who questioned authority and was extremely precocious, the urge of a parent to “humble” their child to keep them safe from white supremacy would’ve been overwhelming I’m sure. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

As someone who has lived in many places across the U.S. living in the south was the most informative of the dichotomy of the Black experience in America as a Californian born and raised. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth

Watching #ManyRiversPBS before I watch the superbowl because…perspective.