From the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 to the present day, America’s legacy of vigilantism against Blacks — as well as their white allies — is alive and well
Thank you for linking me to this, Marlon. Fascinating read and scarily prescient. But not even that. It is, like you said, a through line. It's just the same old bassackwards racism. I can't fathom it spiritually. Psychologically, I'm at a loss, too. What causes these ass-hats to hate so?
That's one great post, Marlon :-). I live in North Carolina too and visited Wilmington's monument to the massacre ... not centralized and poorly known to say the least. I am still amazed at the lack of knowledge Americans have of their own history ... but really, should I be? Especially when I know my own lack of knowledge on France's history up to very recently (and I'm sure I'm still unaware of many things of the past)!
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Thank you for linking me to this, Marlon. Fascinating read and scarily prescient. But not even that. It is, like you said, a through line. It's just the same old bassackwards racism. I can't fathom it spiritually. Psychologically, I'm at a loss, too. What causes these ass-hats to hate so?
That's one great post, Marlon :-). I live in North Carolina too and visited Wilmington's monument to the massacre ... not centralized and poorly known to say the least. I am still amazed at the lack of knowledge Americans have of their own history ... but really, should I be? Especially when I know my own lack of knowledge on France's history up to very recently (and I'm sure I'm still unaware of many things of the past)!
This piece is from a few years ago. I believe he was acquitted in 2021