Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I still haven't made it to Black history yet. I'm still on white US history.
Q: Why is it OK for Black folk to like the Black Panthers, but white folk can't like the klan? Black supremacy is just as bad as white supremacy! Why the double standard?
A: Black folk know white US history, so they know that the Black Panthers were not Black supremacists.
(At this point, half of the Black folk reading this just involuntarily said "COINTELPRO!" out loud).
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I still haven't made it to Black history yet. I'm still on white US history.
Q: Why is it OK for Black folk to like the Black Panthers, but white folk can't like the klan? Black supremacy is just as bad as white supremacy! Why the double standard?
A: Black folk know white US history, so they know that the Black Panthers were not Black supremacists.
(At this point, half of the Black folk reading this just involuntarily said "COINTELPRO!" out loud).
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Most of what you know about the Black Panthers, is a lie. It is intentional disinformation, created and circulated by the FBI, with the assistance and complicity of newspapers and local police. This disinfo was spread as part of the FBI's counter intelligence program (COINTELPRO).
This is not some unfounded conspiracy, this is documented and now admitted by the FBI.
The Black Panthers were the good guys, and the FBI were the cartoonishly evil Bond villain bad guys. Seriously.
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Most of what you know about the Black Panthers, is a lie. It is intentional disinformation, created and circulated by the FBI, with the assistance and complicity of newspapers and local police. This disinfo was spread as part of the FBI's counter intelligence program (COINTELPRO).
This is not some unfounded conspiracy, this is documented and now admitted by the FBI.
The Black Panthers were the good guys, and the FBI were the cartoonishly evil Bond villain bad guys. Seriously.
The Black Panthers wanted to reduce racism and increase collaboration between the races, and the FBI wanted to increase racism and reduce partnership between the races.
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The Black Panthers wanted to reduce racism and increase collaboration between the races, and the FBI wanted to increase racism and reduce partnership between the races.
If you've been reading along this Black history month, you might agree that these things are good:
* Reduce racism
* Systemically prevent another Tyre Nichols
* End false convictions
* Feed all school kids nutritious breakfast and lunch
* Affordable health care for all
* Access to better education for all
* Lower unemployment
* Get poor Black, white, Latinx, indigenous, and Asian workers to work together to assert their rights
* Safer infra and public transportation for all
* Stop wage theft -
If you've been reading along this Black history month, you might agree that these things are good:
* Reduce racism
* Systemically prevent another Tyre Nichols
* End false convictions
* Feed all school kids nutritious breakfast and lunch
* Affordable health care for all
* Access to better education for all
* Lower unemployment
* Get poor Black, white, Latinx, indigenous, and Asian workers to work together to assert their rights
* Safer infra and public transportation for all
* Stop wage theftRegardless of your race or political philosophy, think about which of these above points you would disagree with. No, seriously. Read it again, and find one that doesn't make sense to you. It's okay if you don't agree with them all.
Now look at the Black Panthers' 10 point plan from 1966:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)
Seriously, see how many of these points you disagree with. And it's honestly OK if you don't agree with them all!
Notice the lack of Black supremacy or calls for pogroms.
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Regardless of your race or political philosophy, think about which of these above points you would disagree with. No, seriously. Read it again, and find one that doesn't make sense to you. It's okay if you don't agree with them all.
Now look at the Black Panthers' 10 point plan from 1966:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)
Seriously, see how many of these points you disagree with. And it's honestly OK if you don't agree with them all!
Notice the lack of Black supremacy or calls for pogroms.
The Black Panthers provided free breakfast for poor school kids.
️ Today, the US has a Federal free breakfast program. Black people that know white US history, know where that program started.The FBI felt so threatened by the Black Panthers' school breakfast program, that they dedicated police resources to violently destroying it.
Imagine. Trained FBI agents, instructing grown men to urinate on Black children's food.
https://www.history.com/news/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party
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The Black Panthers provided free breakfast for poor school kids.
️ Today, the US has a Federal free breakfast program. Black people that know white US history, know where that program started.The FBI felt so threatened by the Black Panthers' school breakfast program, that they dedicated police resources to violently destroying it.
Imagine. Trained FBI agents, instructing grown men to urinate on Black children's food.
https://www.history.com/news/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party
@mekkaokereke tbh. Free school lunch program is a huge amount of why I didn’t starve as a kid. I was on the program for most of my life, and am eternally grateful for its existence.
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@mekkaokereke tbh. Free school lunch program is a huge amount of why I didn’t starve as a kid. I was on the program for most of my life, and am eternally grateful for its existence.
@winterknight1337 @mekkaokereke
feeding kids should not be a controversial thing but it has become that.
i'm very happy that the two CO state ballot initiatives in 2025 to fund meal programs after federal cuts endangered them passed. two of the easiest things for me to vote yes for.
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@winterknight1337 @mekkaokereke
feeding kids should not be a controversial thing but it has become that.
i'm very happy that the two CO state ballot initiatives in 2025 to fund meal programs after federal cuts endangered them passed. two of the easiest things for me to vote yes for.
@paul_ipv6 @winterknight1337 @mekkaokereke
Seriously, you feed kids. Kids did not ask to be born, their parents lack of money (regardless of the reason, even if self-inflicted) is not their fault. It is morally reprehensible that we don’t feed every child.
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@paul_ipv6 @winterknight1337 @mekkaokereke
Seriously, you feed kids. Kids did not ask to be born, their parents lack of money (regardless of the reason, even if self-inflicted) is not their fault. It is morally reprehensible that we don’t feed every child.
@mjg @paul_ipv6 @winterknight1337 @mekkaokereke
I guess the "controversy" ties in to the fascist notion that children are considered their parents' property. In this worldview, children have no rights or dignity that is independent from their parents. And if parents cannot afford food for their children, then the children do not "deserve" to be fed.
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