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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
05:40 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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
05:42 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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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-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
05:46 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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
05:47 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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
05:53 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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
05:54 PM - Feb 05, 2024
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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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