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Why Black Lives Matter
by Peter Fraser
-Black Lives are the root of our civilization
-Black Lives have a long, deep, rich history on the continent of Africa
-Black Lives were brought against their will in chains across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved in North America
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives that survived the brutal trip across the ocean were bought, sold, tortured, raped, beaten, separated from family, taken advantage of, deceived, and manipulated in chattel slavery
-Black Lives that were enslaved enabled our country's capitalist economy to grow and thrive
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives built the infrastructure that our country is known for
-Black Lives were considered 3/5ths of a human in the U.S. Constitution
-Black Lives rebelled against their enslavement when they could
-Black Lives were the first to die in the American Revolution
05:43 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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-Black Lives were momentarily freed after the Civil War, only to be enslaved in new ways, such as sharecropping, afterwards
-Black Lives have been brutally lynched, often in front of a crowd of spectators
-Black Lives have been promised land, only to have that land taken away from them
05:44 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives have been forced to migrate by the millions within their own country
-Black Lives fought, were injured, and died for our country in multiple wars
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives that fought for our country returned home to segregation, Jim Crow laws, housing discrimination, and voting rights disenfranchisement
-Black Lives were not given the same economic advantages that white lives were given
-Black Lives were discriminated against by their own government
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives missed out on an untold amount of financial, and generational wealth because of the government's discriminatory housing laws and practices
-Black Lives bodies were tortured, abused, and experimented upon by the medical field
05:49 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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-Black Lives thriving neighborhoods were destroyed by government-built freeways
-Black Lives families were terrorized and killed for moving into white neighborhoods
-Black Lives were destroyed, terrorized, and bombed in the Tulsa Massacre
05:50 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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-Black Lives created the blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock n' roll, and hip-hop
-Black Lives music was stolen by white artists without any financial recompense
-Black Lives are responsible for hundreds of inventions every American uses today
05:51 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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-Black Lives have been shot, assassinated, harassed, hosed, killed, maimed, and destroyed by law enforcement in higher percentages than other lives
-Black Lives have been incarcerated at higher percentage rates than other lives
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Peter Fraser
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-Black Lives guided our country successfully through economic and social upheaval
-Black Lives have inspired, uplifted, and transformed our country and continue to do so everyday
-Black Lives have worked to make our communities and country more democratic
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-Black Lives exude Black Excellence and Black Joy
-Black Lives are beautiful
-Black Lives Matter
05:55 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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DC in the DMV
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In response to Peter Fraser.
In 12 posts you've provided an informal outline of the tragedies that befell Africans from the time they became enslaved inhabitants of formerly Native lands right through the struggle to be regarded as fully human, full citizens, full contributors to the nation and fully deserving of equal rights.
11:07 PM - Mar 07, 2024
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Peter Fraser
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In response to DC in the DMV.
Thanks for the feedback! And the books too, I'm part of a book study, and we've read '400 Souls' and 'The 1619 Project,' 'Caste' and many others. Such good books, I'll have to look up the other pictures of books you posted, those look good too!
11:13 PM - Mar 07, 2024
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Florence D
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In response to Peter Fraser.
Thoughtfully done comprehensive thread.
01:40 AM - Feb 07, 2024
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Peter Fraser
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In response to Florence D.
Thank you!
10:32 AM - Feb 07, 2024
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