Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I'm still not ready for Black history. Still on white US history.
Q: Why do Black folk just assume that many supporters of Trump, Reagan, Nixon, etc are racist? That doesn't seem fair. Why do 90% of Black folk vote democrat? Why aren't more Black people "free thinkers?"
A: Racism. Black US folk know about the "Southern Strategy," and what Reagan, Nixon and their advisers said about us. They know the origins of the Alt-right. Many white US folk don't.
#BlackMastodon
I'm still not ready for Black history. Still on white US history.
Q: Why do Black folk just assume that many supporters of Trump, Reagan, Nixon, etc are racist? That doesn't seem fair. Why do 90% of Black folk vote democrat? Why aren't more Black people "free thinkers?"
A: Racism. Black US folk know about the "Southern Strategy," and what Reagan, Nixon and their advisers said about us. They know the origins of the Alt-right. Many white US folk don't.
#BlackMastodon
mekka okereke :verified:
•https://youtu.be/X_8E3ENrKrQ
"If you hate Black people, vote for us! Our whole platform is just hurting them as much as possible!" is a very effective campaign slogan in the US. 🤷🏿♂️
Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
YouTubemekka okereke :verified:
•Howard University is one of the best Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US. Because of how racism works, some deeply misguided people tried to add Lee Atwater to the board of trustees of Howard University. 🤡🤦🏿♂️
The students (who had studied white US history) did not like that. They got the president fired and Atwater removed.
mekka okereke :verified:
•https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z7GLJsclRi8
It's easy to see interpersonal racism. It's hard to see systemic racism.
Right now someone reading this is more shocked at the racist things that Reagan and Nixon said, than at their policies.🙂🙃
Ronald Reagan called African diplomats ‘monkeys' in call to Richard Nixon – audio
YouTubemekka okereke :verified:
•This hurts white folk too. Today a white woman that's $80K in student loan debt and has no health insurance is standing on a subway platform, scared that a white homeless man with untreated mental illness might attack her. 🤷🏿♂️