Post #1675036
2026-03-18 17:11 UTC
The United States declared universal liberty in 1776 while sustaining a massive system of racial slavery.
After emancipation, the system reorganized itself through Jim Crow—disenfranchisement, segregation, and racial terror.
For nearly a century, American democracy functioned fully for some citizens and only partially for others.
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Image: Each time word of a lynching reached the NAACP, a simple, somber flag flew outside the group’s offices at 69 Fifth Avenue in NYC. (Library of Congress).
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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 17:16
Israel’s political structure emerged from a different history but a similarly unresolved conflict over land and sovereignty. The creation of Israel in 1948 produced a Jewish national state alongside the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Today Israelis and Palestinians live on the same land under profoundly unequal legal and political systems. 3/14 Image: Cover of the 1st edition, showing part of The Snake Charmer by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Clark Art Institute.
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@notyourfanboy@kolektiva.social 2026-03-18 23:00
@Deglassco We need to do that, for folks getting murdered by the prison industrial complex, which would include Ice.