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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.

Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.

Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.

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Full height photograph of the statute of liberty.
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mekka okereke :verified:
mekka okereke :verified:  
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Hint 1: It's called the statue of *liberty*. Not the statue of immigration or statue of independence.

Hint 2: Broken chains on the feet.

Hint 3: Idea for the statue started in 1865. What else happened in 1865?

Hint 4: What the sculptor said it's for? OK that's not really a hint!
Photograph of broken chains at the feet of the statue of Liberty.
A photograph of the 13th amendment to the United States constitution.
mekka okereke :verified:
mekka okereke :verified:  
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An abolitionist designed the statue. A group of abolitionists paid for the statue. There's a plaque at the feet telling everyone what it's for. They named it the Statue of Liberty. It's arguably the largest anti-racism monument in the US, and the most recognizable anti-racism monument in the world...

Except people don't even know it's an anti-racism monument. They think it celebrates the huge influx of white immigrants from Europe that came to the US.
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