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"Being a Black person from the South, you get to see America’s growing pains up
close and personal. Since the early days, the southern states have been
characterized as the cornerstone of slavery and anti-black racism in America.
Research has even confirmed that an environment once heavily dependent on
slavery can have an immense impact on unconscious racism targeting African
Americans. Undoubtedly, the scourge of racism can be felt in every corner of
America and throughout the world community. Nevertheless, the South has always
been the epicenter of our nation’s apartheid. Black roots run deep. Southern
Black roots run deeper.
The race riots of the early 1900s created a turbulent environment for Black
citizens marked by a myriad of racial terror lynchings and damage to personal
and business properties. White people who supported Black businesses were also
unjustly targeted, and numerous Black families were forced to move with nothing
but overwhelming sorrow and the sting of setbacks. The Tulsa Race Massacre of
1921, which left 35 city blocks of Black Wallstreet destroyed, is a prime
example.
Additionally, mass acts of racial violence, such as the Atlanta Riots of 1906
and the Rosewood Massacre of 1923, grew out of animosity against African
Americans, as many White southerners sought to intimidate their newly
enfranchised presence following the Civil War. Another goal was to use their
socio-political power against anyone who attempted to secure African Americans
equal opportunities. Such riots are regarded as a proxy for the story of race
in America. And yet, they never became the subject of study in any of the
schoolbooks or college discourse I’ve had throughout my life. However, race
riots, or race massacres as some have become known, did become a catalyst in
the inception of a monumental movement.
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a
civil rights organization founded in 1909 on the basis of advancing justice and
equality for African Americans. The interracial group of founders consisted of
but were not limited to leaders like Ida B. Wells, W.E.B Du Bois, Mary White
Ovington, and Oswald Garrison Villard. The NAACP’s mission was driven by
“ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality rights of
all persons to eliminate race-based discrimination.” Their mission also
expanded in later years, bringing awareness and justice efforts in response to
widespread reports of police misconduct and economic underdevelopment in black
communities."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
