In the following, 'the greatest country in the world' gets a much-needed reality check from Colin Kapernick:
Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of “independence”, while you enslaved our ancestors. We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all. ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/YCD2SYlgv4
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) July 4, 2020
For a bit of perspective, take Kaepernick's tweet in light of Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July."
ReplyDeletehttps://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/
Thanks, Mound. I have never read this document before.
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