phoenix-ace:

Things i want to happen this Juneteenth:

1. People stop using the immigrant myth when they talk about the U.S. it was not built by by immigrants, enslaved black people didn’t come here willingly.

2. People stop acting like America was fine until Trump. We were literal property.

3. People stop saying that African Americans are “just like white people”. You know damn well that the context behind us exploring African cultures isn’t the same as a white person. You know we would be connected if we could. Stop. Or pay up to help us find out.

4. People learn African American history. Learn that those confederate statues don’t just stand for something generic. Learn about how white people tried their damndest to keep us in slavery like conditions even after they couldn’t own us legally, and a lot of these laws you hate were put on the books to control us.

5. People learn about us as a group. Learn about the origin of terms like “wlw” or “poc”, learn how we built communities, learn how resilient we were. But don’t reduce us down to pain and social justice. Learn about black cowboys. Learn about black soldiers, about black artists, about the Harlem Renaissance, etc. Learn how diverse we are. We are comprised of so many sub-ethnic cultures and so many people assume we have nothing when we have so much.

6. Stop normalizing black death. The dehumanization we deal with now is the direct result of our enslavement.

Anyone have anything to add?