The #tennessee legislator who motioned to expel the two black legislators did so citing a "temper tantrum." That's right, as if simply protesting for gun reform were some unhinged act.
I can't think of a more brazen appeal to the "angry black man" stereotype to stoke white resentment. #quietpartloud
#GunControl #tennesseethree #BanAssaultWeapons
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/7/justin_jones_tennessee
We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican supermajority in the Tennessee state House of Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after the Covenant elementary school shooting in Nashville. A vote to expel their white colleague who joined them in solidarity failed. “They thought by expelling us they would silence us, they would silence our movements that we’re part of, but in fact they’ve amplified it, because the nation can see how racist they are. The nation can see how retaliatory and absurd and authoritarian they are,” says Jones. We also feature some of the dramatic exchanges that unfolded on the House floor, which Jones calls “a public lynching” targeting the two youngest Black lawmakers in the Legislature.
Anyone here listening to Jordan Peele’s #QuietPartLoud on Spotify? The way it’s been scaring the crap out of me in broad daylight! Only half-way through but loving it so far.
Any similar audio dramas out there that peeps can recommend?
Heute wurde meine Nope Blu-ray geliefert, damit ich den Film endlich nachholen kann, und dann kommt direkt diese gute Nachricht. Ich bin gespannt drauf! 🙂
Jordan Peele, the filmmaker behind hit thrillers “Get Out,” “Us” and “Nope,” is taking his penchant for horror to his first audio-only series. “Quiet Part …
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