So I moved on from White Fragility and right into #WhiteRage by #CarolAnderson. I haven't even finished the first chapter and already it's shockingly eye opening. Anderson describes a *very* different history of the US civil war and the ideals of union leadership in the following years. It's no fucking wonder black people are still struggling so much for equality in this country when union leadership couldn't even admit the civil war was about slavery (I thought this was only a problem with our history books) and "punished" the confederacy by giving the land back to them and letting them rule the southern states without federal intervention. Most of them went immediately back to government supported slavery, minus the explicit term "slavery".

It's absolutely criminal that this isn't taught in grade school history classes.

#books #USHistory #reading

A new season of "#RaceUnwrapped" explores #race and #democracy.

Since the #15thAmendment gave #Black #men the #right to #vote, #policymakers have put #obstacles between #marginalizedvoters and the #ballotbox. #Author and #historian #CarolAnderson says the #tactics change, but the #erosion of #democracy is #relentless.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #History #Voting #VoterSupression #Disenfranchisement #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.lpm.org/podcast/race-unwrapped/2024-09-23/race-and-democracy-how-do-we-stop-these-black-folk-from-voting

https://iv.nboeck.de/watch?v=nemzHWCaV3w

#KKKAct cited in #Trump case
Interview with Dr #CarolAnderson on #ReconstructionEraVotingRightsLaw

#WhiteRage Author Dr. #CarolAnderson: #GOPAttack on “Election Fraud” Really an Attack on #BlackVoters

Many events marking the first anniversary of the deadly #January6 #insurrection at the #USCapitol are focusing on #votingrights, as false claims about voter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTGLVdWnfCU

What happens there affects here. What happens here affects there. What happens in one country withh affect others

#Whitesupremacists declare war on #democracy and walk away unscathed | #CarolAnderson

The #UnitedStates has a terrible habit of letting #whitesupremacy get away with repeated attempts to murder American democracy
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#TheGuardian (not my favourite news source. Will never forgive them for how they treated #JeremyCorbyn and #EdwardSnowden, but this is where this article was published)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/10/white-supremacists-war-on-democracy-unscathed

#FairnessAndAccuracyInReporting
#CarolAnderson on #whitesupremacy upremacy vs. #Democracy

This can be a turning point, if more of us understand that history isn't something that happens to us, but something we DO.

CounterSpin: Carol Anderson on White Supremacy vs. Democracy https://fair.org/home/carol-anderson-on-white-supremacy-vs-democracy/