Also: ‘Black People’s Land Was Stolen — Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.’
“Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it,” writes Dr. Andrew W. Kahrl, an associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. “… in addition to invoking the 40 acres black people never got, the reparations movement today should be talking about the approximately 11 million acres black people had but lost, in many cases through fraud, deception and outright theft, much of it taken in the past 50 years. http://bit.ly/2Nj8iVD
- BlackStudies at Duke on Twitter: “‘Black People’s Land Was Stolen — Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.’ | @AndrewKahrl” http://bit.ly/2Nj8iVD
- Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids (AP) http://bit.ly/2Nhydx7
- Alexis Wainwright on Twitter: “Three recently released videos highlight abuses inside Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail, where nine inmates have died since the beginning of 2018. WARNING: The videos are hard to watch.” http://bit.ly/2NidwkA
- Phillip Atiba Goff on Twitter: “The “no-go zones” are places some White Folks in Minneapolis no longer feel comfortable. Why? Because Muslim people are “walking around.” Who among us is NOT terrified of others who can walk?!” http://bit.ly/2Ni0YcL
- John Lewis on Twitter: “55 years ago this evening, three young men working as part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer–Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman–disappeared driving home after being released from jail in Neshoba County. It was more than a month before their bodies were found.” http://bit.ly/2NhWDXg
- ‘Stop Repeating History’: Plan to Keep Migrant Children at Former Internment Camp Draws Outrage – The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2NhldaG
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps: The debate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camp” is not about language or facts. It is about how we perceive history, ourselves, and ourselves in history. | The New Yorker http://bit.ly/2NiysrJ
- Four migrant toddlers hospitalized after time at US border facility: lawyers | TheHill http://bit.ly/2NgDHYJ
- We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful (opinion) – CNN https://cnn.it/2NfKYYV
- Cathy Davidson on Twitter: ““Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3 while 1/3 watches.”—Werner Herzog. #whichthirdareyou” http://bit.ly/2Nc8cPp
- Photo of Drowned Migrants Captures Pathos of Those Who Risk It All – The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2NfLjuF
AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
- Supreme Court Decision Bars Citizenship Question For Now | Equal Justice Society http://bit.ly/2Nf4c0L
- Supreme Court tosses murder conviction of Curtis Flowers, says prosecution excluded black jurors – The Washington Post https://wapo.st/2NeS67H
- [thread] Qasim Rashid, Esq. on Twitter: “Tonight in Warrenton,VA an anti-Muslim hate org held an event to bash American Muslims who run for office—Im an American Muslim running for VA Senate. I’ve dedicated my life to uniting Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists—to uphold justice So—I showed up Here’s what happened /1” http://bit.ly/2NgDeFX
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