@dampclay, Black Royalty, wrote:

Let’s start with a gentle reminder (I’m holding your hand and speaking slowly as I say this). The transatlantic slave trade

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Black people are murdered in the US once every 11 hours. They are murdered once every four hours in Brazil

154 murdered by police in USA in 2024 up to August 2nd (218th day) 2024

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

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People shot to death by U.S. police, by race 2024| Statista

The trend of fatal police shootings in the U.S. seems to only be increasing each year, with Black civilians having the highest rates of being killed by police.

Statista

If you knew that the person, who rubs you up the wrong way today, will be murdered by the pigs tomorrow, would you treat them differently?

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