“It seems like we’re headed in the direction where there’s even an attempt to deny that the institution of #slavery even existed, or that #JimCrow laws & #segregation & #RacialViolence against Black communities, Black families, Black individuals even occurred,” said historian Clarissa Myrick-Harris, a professor at Morehouse College, the historically Black campus in Atlanta.
#Trump #Smithsonian #AmericanHistory #whitewashing #censorship #BlackAmerican #WhiteSupremacy #racism #USpol
#CivilRights advocates, #historians & #Black political leaders sharply rebuked #Trump on Friday for his order, entitled “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History.” They argued that his #ExecutiveOrder targeting the #Smithsonian Institution is his admin’s latest move to downplay how #race, #racism & #BlackAmericans themselves have shaped the nation’s story.
#whitewashing #censorship #WhiteSupremacy #USpol #AmericanHistory #slavery #JimCrow #segregation #RacialViolence
Diversity among the ruling class, is not progress, it is a bribe!
The Problem with Black Cops
F.D Signifier
#BlackMastodon, #Neoliberalism, #RacialCapitalism, #RacialViolence, #StateViolence, #CarceralState
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVyujBMnKq4&t=2263s
A century after #TulsaRaceMassacre, city creates #reparations cmte
A commission will study how reparations could be made to victims of the 1921 #violence, & #Oklahoma archaeologists discover new sets of human remains.
>1 century after one of the worst incidents of #RacialViolence in #US #history left scores of #Black people dead in #Tulsa, mayor announced the city will form a commission to study how reparations could be made to survivors & descendants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/04/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations-remains/
In this talk, speaker Molly Bui explores the dangers of #Asian #Fetishization. This talk contains references to sex and sexual violence against #AsianWomen.
This talk was presented to a local audience at #TEDxYouthBloomington, an independent event.
https://www.ted.com/talks/molly_bui_exhausted_not_exotic_dangers_of_asian_fetishization
#AsianMastodon #RacialRelations #RacismStudies #AsianDiaspora #Hypersexualization #RacialStereotypes #RacialViolence #AAPI #SocialIssues #Racism
Authorities have not released a motive, but a patch on the shooter’s chest said “#RWDS,” an initialism that stands for #RightWingDeathSquad…. The phrase is popular among #RightWingExtremists, #NeoNazi & #WhiteSupremacists, …&while…authorities have not reached any conclusions yet, investigators are approaching the #MassShooting as a possible #HateCrime.
…the gunman’s tactical vest was also packed w/ammo magazines, indicating just how much carnage he hoped to inflict….
#RacialViolence #Terrorism
The gunman who opened fire on a mall in a #Dallas #Texas suburb on Sat, killing at least 8 people, had an apparent fascination w/ #WhiteSupremacist / #NeoNazi beliefs that are now being examined…as a possible #motive for the attack….
Mauricio Garcia had multiple weapons on him & 5 additional guns in his car nearby….
#RacialViolence #DomesticTerrorism #RightWingExtremism #HateCrime #MassShooting #MAGAterror
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/07/texas-allen-outlets-shooting-dallas/
A cluster of hashtags here to help me find my people on hcommons and around the #fediverse --
#histodons #history #USSouth #violence #memory #ghosts #ghoststories #lynching #racialviolence #WalterBenjamin #academia #justice #criminaljustice #dentontx
#introduction Once more but with a new instance (hcommons!) Hi #histodons I’m a PhD student in US History, prepping to take my comps in December. I study the US South, 19th & 20th centuries. Writing my dissertation on #ghosts 👻 in the South. I am #metamodernist #culturalhistory & study the intersections of #violence race, representation, and #Justice through silence (archival & memory). MA thesis on lynching and atypical #RacialViolence in North Texas. I have 2 daughters, 2 cats, and one @JeromeySims (#polisci)
#academia #history #histodons @histodons #humanities #digitalhistory
Just a post with tags to help me find my people — #violence #ghosts #ghoststories #justice #culturalhistory #RacialViolence #lynching #folklore #representation #hauntology #publichistory #digitalhistory #metamodernism #dentontx #gradstudent #USSouthHist
#introduction Hi #histodons I’m a PhD student in US History, prepping to take my comps in December. I study the US South, 19th & 20th centuries. Writing my dissertation on ghosts 👻 in the South. I am #metamodernist #culturalhistory & study the intersections of violence, race, representation, and justice through silence (archival & memory). MA thesis on lynching and atypical #RacialViolence in North Texas. I have 2 daughters, 2 cats, and one @JeromeySims (#polisci)
