Violetaflores

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Juneteenth should remind us that human trafficking was legal. Slavery was legal. Jim Crow was legal. The US Govt paying reparations to white enslavers who lost their “property” but not to the formerly enslaved who lost their lives, was legal. Indeed, prison slavery is still legal today.

Do not let legality & power be your measure of morality & justice.

Teaching about slavery in schools isn’t just about teaching the harshness of slavery. And educators can make #Juneteenth about so much more than the end of slavery.

Today’s holiday offers abundant opportunities to teach about what it means to fight for freedom and maintain a sense of self-determination in the face of oppression.

Read more from a historian who specializes in how slavery is taught in K-12 classrooms:

https://theconversation.com/juneteenth-offers-new-ways-to-teach-about-slavery-black-perseverance-and-american-history-206056

#BlackMastodon #Education #K12education

Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history

Many students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian explores how Juneteenth offers opportunities to change that reality.

The Conversation
Breathe deeply.

June 2022 --> February 2023. The kid has grown two inches. The trucks have grown even faster.

This is not fine.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #VehicleSize #Trucks #RegulateVehiclesNow

US friends, take note. I went to vote in Berlin today and this was the line in front of the polling station. “But wait! There is no line!” Indeed. There is no line because there need not be one. Because it’s about how polling is organised. If you are standing in a line for hours in order to exercise your democratic rights, it’s because someone wants you to.#polling #democracy #righttovote
Hahahaha!

If a church has enough money to run ads during the Super Bowl?

They have enough to pay taxes.

@HowardSwinford @Are0h what y’all need to understand is that you CARRY that “authority” with you.

As a white person, your ability to leverage the horror and violence of systems, institutions, and policies rooted in white supremacy on others for your benefit is well documented…we would be foolish, which we’re not, to engage with you as a safe space without you having an consistent, demonstrated antiracist practice

It's not a debate

#landback