As we celebrate the humanity & liberation of black people on this #Juneteenth, obstacles to black freedom still exist in America.
To build a better, more just future, we must address & repair the continuing legacy of slavery. #ReparationsNow @hrwhttps://hrw.org/ReparationsNow
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"Black people were enslaved and exploited, and continue to be marginalized and disregarded today." If we don't address the legacy of slavery head on, then we risk carrying this shameful legacy forward, causing new harm indefinitely into the future.
@hrw https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/18/us-address-slaverys-legacy-juneteenth …pic.twitter.com/gI2totBOsY
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After enslavement, structural & other forms of racism became more permanent. Black people endured severe racial violence. Many
#US cities & states put in place laws & policies that legalized racial segregation & stripped black people of their rights. https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/reconstruction-in-america-report.pdf …pic.twitter.com/pBx4VECsRI
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Federal, state, and local policy decisions in the 20th and 21st centuries further contributed to structural racism with economic, education, and health inequalities; housing segregation; and discriminatory policing that still exist today. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/12/us-how-abusive-biased-policing-destroys-lives …pic.twitter.com/3Wip40MBN6
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As we reflect on & celebrate
#JUNETEENTH2020 think of communities like#Tulsa,#Oklahoma, the site of the worst incident of racial violence in#US history & an example of a place that has refused to address the roots causes of pervasive inequality. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trumps-visit-tulsa-spurs-renewed-call-1921-racial-massacre-reparations …pic.twitter.com/7sn3ULq75H
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The prosperous black community of
#Greenwood known as#BlackWallStreet was burned to ashes nearly a century ago. No one has ever been held accountable for these crimes &#reparations were never paid to victims & their descendants for their massive losses. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/29/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre …pic.twitter.com/NGRDUWNxG1
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But the push to obtain
#reparations in#Tulsa & to establish a national#reparations plan (#HR40) is alive & well. Leaders like@JacksonLeeTX18 &@CoryBooker have made their case clear. We need a commission to study slavery & offer#reparations proposals. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/reparations-slavery.html …1 vastaus 3 uudelleentwiittausta 9 tykkäystäNäytä tämä ketju -
Momentum is building & ppl across the
#US are starting to realize what justice actually looks like -- that is amending the wrongs of the past (justice that is owed) & the contemporary wrongs that plague our society. This course of action begins in#Tulsa.https://www.change.org/p/state-of-oklahoma-reparations-for-1921-race-massacre-survivors-and-descendants?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=74417af0-a08e-11ea-b059-a9a6cd0fa7bf …2 vastausta 12 uudelleentwiittausta 27 tykkäystäNäytä tämä ketju
This weekend, me & my @hrw colleagues @JRaphling @brian_root @gerrychronicles @ida_sawyer @MichaelARPage are on the ground in #Tulsa standing in solidarity w/ our partners on the front lines of the fight to dismantle racial injustice.
We won't rest until freedom is free!pic.twitter.com/siJRmyy28r
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