Judd Legum1. A elementary school in Florida has banned a 1998 Disney film about civil rights hero Ruby Bridges, pending a "review."
I've obtained documents revealing exactly how this happened.
Follow along if interested.
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DebraMilazzoSha@juddlegum when did the US become so backwards??
FS9-BS "Bad Survivor"@DebraMilazzoSha @juddlegum become? Fam, it's literally always been this way.
EvilKiru 🇮🇸 he/him@DebraMilazzoSha @juddlegum Always has been, sadly. It's just a bit more obvious these days.
Staid WinnowOh, 1619 or so? Before it was the US.
1776 since it was the US.
"All men are created equal."
Yet the wise founders excluded women, "3/5ths people," and the poor from even being able to choose their representation in government.
Black people were definitely not part of that "...are created equal" creed.
T.Wllmsin the 1600's....
Memere@DebraMilazzoSha @juddlegum This whole time
Iwillyeah@DebraMilazzoSha not trying to be funny, but what period in time are you comparing today to?
obscurestar@DebraMilazzoSha @juddlegum Always has been. Grew up in rural OK long time ago. This same stuff was going on then it just didn't make national news and was usually swept quietly under the rug.
Steven Hilton@DebraMilazzoSha @juddlegum The right wing lost its mind in 2008 when a black man became President. It wasn't great before that, but I believe that was the breaking point.
Another, earlier big lurch toward right wing crazy was Nixon's explicitly racist "southern strategy" You could say the wheels started falling off over 60 years ago. Around the time of the actual events in the Ruby Bridges movie.
I just looked. The actual Ruby Bridges is still alive.