Miakoda Mar 18, 2025
The video I'm watching mentioned the Black Panthers, that they open carried, and how that scared the shit out of white people. A few pieces of info came together in my head and spat out an interesting anecdotal factoid...
I've had guns pointed at me a few times in my life, and I've been shot at twice (Being a computer tech is surprisingly dangerous). 0 of those were by black people.
I just find that interesting among the context of what I'm watching.
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@hellomiakoda The interesting thong about that is that people thought the Black Panthers were looking for a fight or a war when, in reality, they were just striving for equity/equality. Arming themselves was not a threat, as those biased against them often claimed, but a defensive response toward the real threats posed by those who feared them "for carrying weapons".
Mar 19, 2025 at 2:42amWeb
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@hellomiakoda In a just world, we share power equally and no one is disenfranchised. That's what #BLACKPOWER means - yearning for a world where black-skinned people have the same level of power as their oppressors and no longer being oppressed by both #systemicracism and #overtracism .
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@kenjen
And this is something I want.
I want a world where skin color is as unimportant as hair color (aside from the cultural importance it holds to those of those colors).
Every variety of human should be at the same level.