One more thing before I finish my break: It’s incredibly worrisome the speed with which non-Black marginalized folks assume Black people are inherent bigots. We’re assumed to be relatively more (anti-LGBTQ, anti-Semitic, etc) than our non-Black peers so often and it’s really concerning. It definitely feels like a way to justify reflexive anti-Blackness.
yall realize that kylie jenner literally played a huge role in modernizing blackface, yes? cause of her bum ass, ppl really be overlining/plumping their lips, wearing foundation that’s far too dark, modifying their bodies and wearing clothes to resemble ‘fit’ black girls…and the worst part is that yall are convinced that it’s just a specific aesthetic rather than an attempt to imitate blackness on a level i’ve only previously seen from minstrel shows
the kardashian klan are also among the first major celebrities i’ve seen to be blatant about their fetishization of black men and culture while being virulently antiblack. and again, yall really seem to think that’s okay. the fact that the kardashians continue to be outrageously popular, that they continue to find their way into my social media feeds, that yall non-blacks insist on laughing about them and going as far as to stan them, shows yall dont give a shit about black people.
i don’t care what looks they ‘serve’, how much money they make, i don’t care if kim made a funny tweet or some shit. the kardashians are too fucking anti-black for yall to be playing around like this lmao.
They all vultures and racists who have made their money off mocking and mimicking Black women and fucking Black men who know better but refuse to do better because of the allure of whiteness and maybe being more to those women than human dildos and access to Black culture( y’all niggas responsible for this shit too) they’re all disgusting and antiBlack and everything catches up but in the meantime keep calling these women out for exactly who they are racial fetishists and culture Vultures of Blackness mainly Black WOMEN
A gentle reminder that the “last lynchings” were between 1981-1991, so
it’s less than 40. The CRA act was passed 54 years ago. Not enough
people want to hear or remember that.
Trigger warnings for: death, murder, child death, violence, antiblack racism, antiblack slurs, homophobic slurs, transphobic slurs, mention of attempted rape, and mention of death threats.
Pay particular attention to how the Democratic politicians mentioned in the piece refuse to allow the DNA testing that could exonerate a most likely innocent man.
I just left a plantation tour in Louisiana. I have a lot to say…
SAY IT!
I honestly thought I knew everything about slavery. Not so.
The owner of this particular plantation had it built by slaves for 3 years. Every brick was handmade. Over 120,000 bricks on 2,000+ acres of land (this place was huge.) The clay used for the bricks came from the Mississippi River. The majority of the slaves are buried under the Levees and water. Some are buried with their Masters. Not allowed to live with them but could be dead with them.
Before you enter the house, there’s a list of slaves who lived here including their age and how much they were purchased for. 124 total. Some slaves were worth as little as $25. As young as 5 years old.
On this particular plantation, the owner was big on punishment…he used noise making neck restraints. Imagine three 4lb balls around your neck with bells inside. Children were restrained by ankle locks that connected between their ankles.
This was a sugar cane plantation, one the worst practices to involve slaves because of its danger. A lot of slaves were decapitated, amputees and killed from the fields and machinery. A lot of kids lost their lives creating sugar. Speaking of children, a child stood in the living room and operated the fan with a string while guests ate dinner. As young as 3 years old.
Here’s what shook me even further: Before the Civil War, a lot of slave owners were going in debt and could not afford their properties and were not producing enough cotton and sugar to maintain their lifestyles. Slaves were used as HUMAN CREDIT CARDS. Slaves were a guaranteed line of credit. You could get HALF of your property’s value depending on how many healthy and able slaves you owned.
My people were human credit cards and lines of credit to BANKS. We were property. We were labeled as equipment and nothing more.
There is no such thing as a good slave owner. They owned my PEOPLE and used them as checks and balances. This cycle continues with prison and brutality. I do not want to hear shit about “Why can only Black people say this or that?” I don’t want to hear shit about “we’re all human.”
And by the way, not one of those slaves are at rest. Those spirits were so alive, you could feel their presence, their pain and someday, their revenge.
The front of the house and yard. This plantation was huge. Just thinking about my ancestors tending to all this land…
SOME of the enslaved names, ages, race and purchase price.
The living room.
Interior.
The dining room. That piece hanging above the table is ORIGINAL to the house. That’s the fan that a slave as young as 3 years old had to operate manually with a string.
The view from the balcony in the main hallway. This is how they looked over the slaves while they worked in the yard.
*sigh* Names of the enslaved that occupied the shacks. Children included. Their names are written inside one of the shacks. I’m not sure if there are other names inside other shacks because I could only handle 2. After I saw the punishment equipment, I left.
Slave Shacks. These are NOT the original shacks. These were built to imitate them.
Slaves for Sale Ads.
The landscape of Slavery throughout the United States in 1860. JUST 1860. Let that sink in.
Note: The last time the home was OWNED by a Louisiana citizen was 1972. This is her original bedroom, her lipstick is STILL on the dresser. This is why the house has been updated since slavery times because it was occupied up until 1972. Regardless, this used to be where house slaves slept.
This really fuckin happened, don’t let white people tell you that it’s in the past & to let it go.
Yep
damn man :
White people got me fucked thinking I can “get over it”
There’s so much evil ass energy coming off these pictures especially the ones of the house my heart hurts
They use this as a form of empowerment, as a constant reminder of how things were and how they WISH things are today. I don’t support “plantation” tours.
I’ll never be able to handle doing a plantation tour. Looking at these pictures makes my stomach turn.
Despite what white people of today want to believe, it was NOT that long ago. At all.
The War on Drugs, mass incarceration, the MOVE bombing, COINTELPRO, Rodney King being beaten, Sandra Bland’s death, Michael Brown’s death, Trayvon Martin’s death etc. etc. etc. also happened in the green area too. I’d say making it green is a misnomer.
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