Tracey DelaneyNov 21, 2022
The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school is only 68 years old now.
White parents pulled their children from school. White teachers refused to teach her.
Ruby Bridges now works as an activist & public speaker
This wasn’t a million years ago. /1
Show threadDavid Colquhoun on BlueskyNov 21, 2022
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"The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school" IN THE USA
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@david_colquhoun

Hello, yes it's annoying when USians forget that other countries exist, but I feel like maybe there are better times to raise objects and worse times. This is not the post I would pick for it.

Nov 21, 2022 at 9:24pmWeb
Show threadTracey DelaneyNov 21, 2022
@david_colquhoun @celesteh First of all, I was born and raised in Ireland. Hi! Secondly segregation of white & black school children usually refers to USA or South Africa. Unless you want to be pedantic and refer to other types of segregation.
So it’s moot to point out that this didn’t happen in Ireland or Italy because white & black school children were never segregated in these countries.
Show threadThe Yarn HobbitNov 22, 2022

@TheRealTraceyDelaney @david_colquhoun @celesteh I was talking to my mum about this the other day - she attended a small primary & grammar school in the late 50s in Somerset (UK) and discovered that while she thought the school was predominantly white, there was actually a 2nd class for PoC who had different playtime & were never seen.

She was horrified as a child & it's haunted her knowing that it was allowed to happen.

Show thread🌻٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶Nov 22, 2022

@TheRealTraceyDelaney @david_colquhoun @celesteh we should also pay a lot of attention to holomordor and that Russia is still a very barbaric country doing even worse crimes as we speak. They are right now killing and kidnapping many children. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/20/kherson-orphans-hidden-mykolaiv-ukraine/
It thinks and acts genocidal racist towards other people. More info if you follow
Anne Applebaum https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1594905964850954240?t=ZGRSrh8gsuyryrR65JhhWQ&s=08
and Julia Davis https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews?t=RYt92uHYQddjtNKH6cSxaw&s=08

Iran state also murders many right now

Near Kherson, orphanage staff hid Ukrainian children from Russian occupiers

Ukrainian orphans were at risk of being taken by retreating Russian soldiers, so orphanage staff took them into their own homes to hide them.

The Washington Post
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thnx!!!