zhiviNov 22, 2022
Today's #TopicOfConversation SUNDOWN TOWNS! Do you know what they are? Have you had an experience in one? If so please share. Check my respond to this post. This website has a list of sundown towns. https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/
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Sundown Towns by State - History and Social Justice

Historical Database of Sundown Towns Select a state from the map below to view a list of sundown towns FL MI ME NY PA VA WV OH IN IL WI NC TN AR MO GA SC KY AL LA MS IA MN OK TX NM KS NE SD ND WY MT CO ID UT AZ […]

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Show threadKevin MakiceNov 22, 2022

@zhivi I grew up in McHenry County, IL. Specifically Woodstock, where the almost complete absence of a Black community probably avoided any codification of Sundown rules. Many off the key stops on the route to Chicago from there, however, is on that list.

Media portrayal and American Dream jingoism filled the information gap, and it wasn’t until much later in life, starting in New Orleans and mostly through Twitter, did I start unlearning how much I had wrong.

Show threadzhiviNov 22, 2022
@kmakice as long as you learned it. What is jingoism? It's amazing what we learn when we are exposed to the truth.
Show threadKevin Makice

@zhivi jingoism is extreme patriotism. I remember a lot of that, and the “if you work hard enough, you will succeed” mantras that were never true. Believing that, however, implies that failure is due to laziness.

Unlearning is a lifelong practice.

Nov 22, 2022 at 5:29pmWeb