#beantiracist

[ptseti]

Meltrek Episodes 1-3 is exactly what your & your child need, for authentic African American history

Source @blackhistorystudies • @mixdgrlprblems GO OFF PEARL!

Pearl, of #TheCrystalGems from #StevenUniverse, teaches us a widely unknown fact and this is perfect to post for #BlackHistoryMonth!

We all were taught that #ThomasEdison invented the lightbulb but that isn't entirely true. A #Black inventor named #LewisHowardLatimer invented the improved incandescent light bulb by inventing a carbon filament. He later invented a method to reduce lightbulbs from breaking during the production process. He invented this while working as an assistant manager for the US Electric Lighting Company, a company owned by a rival of Thomas Edison, Hiram Maxim. Years later, Thomas Edison invited Lewis to work with him.

He also co-patented an improved toilet system for railroad cars called the Water Closet. He also worked with Alexander Graham Bell to make patent drawings for the first telephone! He also developed an "apparatus for cooling and disinfecting" which was the forerunner for the air conditioner. He also pursued a patent on a safety elevator that prevented them from falling out and into the shaft.

Toilets, lightbulbs, telephones, air conditioners, elevators, all very important things that we couldn't live without today! #LewisLatimer is a whole icon and we should know more about him and the reason why is because we live in a society who celebrates White History 24/7. This is a form of #systemicracism, keeping white public figures in the forefront and leaving the true icons behind. The more we know the better!! Thank you Lewis Latimer and Pearl aka @cartoonnetworkofficial for shedding light on this forgotten icon! I found this video on Tumblr, follow me there as well - mixdgrlproblems. 💡🚽 ☎️ 🛗 🏴🇺🇸

tbt #blackinventors #blackhistory #blackhistoryfacts #didyouknow #beantiracist #themoreyouknow

[joshualjohnson]

For this #gouachefriday I thought I would do a portrait. Here is @ibramxk , a voice I first discovered through his book “Stamped from the Beginning”. I was excited when he started a podcast this year called “Be Antiracist”. Each episode was a unique conversation with people we should be listening to more. (I didn’t plan for this, but apparently today is his Birthday, so cheers Ibram!) #gouache #gouachepainting #painting #gouacheportrait #portraitpainting #portrait #art #fineart #ibramxkendi #stampedfromthebeginning #howtobeantiracist #antiracist #antiracism #beantiracist #joshualjohnson #jlillustrates https://www.instagram.com/p/CSii8M2DJjv/?utm_medium=tumblr

[oneoffoddities]

Posted @withregram • @raisingwildflowerkids If you’re a white parent like me looking for a way to talk about Black History Month with your kids, one way to start a conversation is to discuss the difference between being color blind and color brave. Being color blind means claiming that you don’t see color, but the truth is that everyone notices differences in skin color, even young children. Being color brave means being open about this fact and acknowledging that people often have different experiences in the world based on race. It also means being willing to talk about racism even though it can be awkward and uncomfortable and you will sometimes say the wrong thing. As @mellodyhobson notes in her 2014 TED talk: “I think it's time for us to be comfortable with the uncomfortable conversation about race: Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, male, female, all of us, if we truly believe in equal rights and equal opportunity in America, I think we have to have real conversations about this issue. We cannot afford to be color blind. We have to be color brave. We have to be willing, as teachers and parents and entrepreneurs and scientists, we have to be willing to have proactive conversations about race with honesty and understanding and courage, not because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the smart thing to do, because our businesses and our products and our science, our research, all of that will be better with greater diversity.” I will also acknowledge that while conversations are necessary and useful, actions are even better. What are your family’s favorite ways to celebrate Black History Month? . . . . . #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #antiracism #antiracismquotes #antiracisteducation #antiracistparenting #antiracistquotes #antiracisthomeschooling #raisingantiracistkids #allyship #blm #imperfectallyship #ally #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesstillmatter #colorbrave #endracism #antiracistmovement #dismantleracism #beantiracist #amplifymelanatedvoices #racialjustice #decolonize #decolonizeyourmind #decolonizeyourcurriculum #decolonizeeducation #stopracism #racismisreal #equality #justice (at Okanagan Landing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLzYTgAJDH4/?igshid=1wf27qkbeq41o

[beverlybachoo]

Walking with my son, and some woman on the other side of the street, yelled, “at least I ain’t no n*gger”. Just the three of us. She kept walking and laughing. #blm #sanjose #dtsj #antiracism #beantiracist #thisiseverywhere (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeG2JaDL8aS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kirktaylordreamchaser]

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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." -- Harriet Tubman, died March 10, 1913. 💙✌🌎 • • • Make a change, be anti racist. Not being racist isn't enough we must be Anti to that s**t!! 💯👌 • #england #football #support #antiracism #beantiracist #blmuk #worldchangers #socialise #spreadlove #notimeforhate #societyofvirtualphotographers #digitalfreedom #freedomthinkers #freedomofspeech #freedom https://www.instagram.com/reel/CRRDceDol42/?utm_medium=tumblr

[celinabarajas]

#FBF #FlashbackFriday Circa October 12, 1996. Columbus Day, renamed El Dia De La Raza. Inspired by the Million Man March from the year before, the Latino March on Washington was held in response to the wave of anti-Latino and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US. We rallied to protest the politics of hatred, blame and exclusion. I was proud to participate, especially with my cousin @ofie73 being there. Latinos from all backgrounds were there, as were some allies. Funny to think 25 years later we're still fighting that same fight today. Like I said before, keep your foot on the gas pedal. The fight to end racism and hate is far from over ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 #themarathoncontinues #sisepuede #nojusticenopeace #cantstopwontstop #beantiracist #fightracism #endwhitesupremacynow #silenceiscompliance (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMltu3PhiFd/?igshid=krfa8jnbl29t

[rayosupplyco]

BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY: THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE, MAY 31-JUNE 1, 1921

I can admit that I had never heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre until people were getting upset about Trump holding his rally in Tulsa on the anniversary of the devastating event.  I don’t believe it was ever covered in my American History classes in both public and private schools.

If it was, it was glossed over very quickly, so quickly that the name didn’t even ring a bell.

In fact, in 2012 (91 years after the Massacre took place), a bill failed to pass the Oklahoma Senate that would have required that the Tulsa Race Massacre be taught in all Oklahoma high schools. The opposition claimed that their lack of support came from the fact that it had been included in curricula and history text books beginning in 2000. (insert head slap emoji here) The Tulsa Race Massacre: History leading up to the event

Well there was quite a bit going on that contributed to the 18 hours of racially-fueled destruction.

WWI - The Great War had just ended a mere 2.5 years prior in late 1918.  Still a very segregated military structure, Black Americans valiantly joined the ranks to serve their country as they had done for generations.

Overseas travel became more accessible and the middle-class Americans started visiting to the cities they had seen to during the war and the grave sites of loved ones, exposing themselves to new fashions, lifestyles and possibilities.

The expansion of American presence in Europe during WWI also lead to the US leading what we now know as a “World Economy” - the US led this front, becoming one of the top countries in industry, trade and economy. White women and African Americans were now filling jobs that previously had been reserved for white men as well.

African American Affluence

During WWI there began a huge influx of African Americans moving from the South to the North. Known as the “Great Migration” many African Americans began moving to work in factories that  needed workers due to the war.  Moving North meant less oppression and higher wages.  

The growing cultural and social “not a care in the world” that came with economic affluence and the desire by many Americans to put the horrors of the war behind them, led to the roaring 20s — and Black people were very much included in this.

Black Americans were finding spaces to create neighborhoods with successful business and cultural centers. One of the best known examples of this is the Harlem of the late 1910s and 1920s, a period in Harlem famously known as the Harlem Renaissance when Black intellectuals, professionals and artists flocked to the neighborhood and created some of the most influential American ideas of all time.  

Growing Racism This quote from Time Magazine says it all: “With the armistice, African Americans fully expected that their service and sacrifice would be recognized. They had labored and shed blood for democracy abroad and now expected full democracy at home.”

But what they received at home was an ever-growing racism. My guess is that is was largely fueled by the fact that African Americans were gaining a foothold in society on a cultural and economic level. By 1921, the Ku Klux Klan had been re-formed.

What Happened? - The facts:

The Tulsa Race Massacre was a horrendous series of events that spanned 18 hours, from May 31st to June 1st of 1921.

It seems it all started with a Karen - well she was the spark, as tensions had between the Black and White communities had been on the rise.

Tulsa, OK was home to 100,000 people at the time, 10% of whom were African American. Most of the Black residents lived in the segregated neighborhood of Greenwood, which at its center had a booming and bustling business district known as Black Wall Street.

On May 30th, 1921 a teenage boy named Dick Rowland walked into the Drexel Building on S. Main St in Tulsa.  He went into an elevator run by a young white woman named Sarah Page.  Sometime after he entered, Page sent out a scream that sent rumors flying around the white community almost immediately. Rowland fled the building and the police arrested him the next morning.

By that day, May 31st, newspapers in the white community had already published allegations that the Black teenager had sexually assaulted the young white woman. And that evening, sh*t started to get real.

A large group of white people decended on the court house, demanding that Rowland be released into their custody. Determined to keep the teenager safe, the Sheriff refused their request and sent his men to barricade the entire floor where Rowland was being housed.

Soon 25 armed Black men (many veterans of WWI) met them at the courthouse as well, offering to help protect the young man. They were also denied by the Sheriff.

Around 10pm, with rumors circulating in Greenwood about a possible lynching, 75 armed Black men arrived at the same courthouse. They found themselves outnumbered 20 to 1 —- 1,500 white men were waiting there as well. After some shots were exchanged at the courthouse, the group of Black protectors retreated to Greenwood, where all hell was about to break lose.

The white rioters focused their initial attentions on Black Wall Street.

Hysteria grew in the white community as false claims of a planned and grand-scale rebellion of Black Tulsans, that would include support from neighboring towns and communities. Some of the white rioters were even deputized and given weapons by the government.

35 city blocks were terrorized by thousands of white rioters who defended on the Greenwood district and committed violent acts on Black citizens and destroyed their property.

Officially, 36 people died (26 Black and 10 white) though the count is thought to actually be upwards of 300.

A later report by the Red Cross estimated that 1,256 houses were torched at that 215 were looted but remained un-burned.

So many Black-owned businesses were destroyed. According to history.com “Two newspapers, a school, a library, a hospital, churches, hotels, stores and many other Black-owned businesses were among the buildings destroyed or damaged by fire.”

Firemen who responded to fires were reported to have been forced to leave by white rioters.

Martial law was ordered by the governor later that morning and while the National Guardsmen helped put out the fires, they imprisoned Black Tulsans as well. There were 6,000 imprisoned at local fairgrounds by June 2nd - that was 60% of Tulsa’s African American population at the time.

Hours after the riots ended, the charges against Rowland were dropped. It was determined that he had most likely bumped into Page or stepped on her foot.  Literally. That happened. 8,000 people were left instantly homeless due to a racially driven assumption. And a Karen who clearly didn't correct them. Cover-Up

According to history.com, the Massacre was deliberately covered up for decades..

“The Tulsa Tribune removed the front-page story of May 31 that sparked the chaos from its bound volumes, and scholars later discovered that police and state militia archives about the riot were missing as well. As a result, until recently the Tulsa Race Massacre was rarely mentioned in history books, taught in schools or even talked about.

Scholars began to delve deeper into the story of the riot in the 1970s, after its 50th anniversary had passed. In 1996, on the riot’s 75th anniversary, a service was held at the Mount Zion Baptist Church, which rioters had burned to the ground, and a memorial was placed in front of Greenwood Cultural Center.”

With all of this denial, fueled i’m sure by immense shame and deep racism, it makes sense that in 2012 the OK State Senate wasn’t yet ready to make the Massacre a required topic of study in Oklahoma High Schools.

How devastating. How irresponsible. How heart-breaking.

Please share this essay with your friends and family, especially if you are white. It is the RESPONSIBILITY of white folks to educate other white folks.   STAY SAFE. STAY SANE. STAY ANTI-RACIST. BLACK LIVES MATTER. RESOURCES: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/tulsa-race-massacre https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migrationhttps://www.farmersalmanac.com/10-ways-world-war-i-changed-america-22983https://time.com/5450336/african-american-veterans-wwi/

[momhead]

Things to do today. #Blm #monswhosmokeweed #medicinalherbs #drinkwater #beantiracist #washyourhands #wearamask #alwaysloveyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrgDfpJZq3/?igshid=18qp0j1owjnlp

[reveur-noir]

And this is just one example... Repost from @convann2 • It's Like This.... #beantiracist #blackentrepreneurs #blm #blacknationalanthem #indigenous #blackhairstyles #indigenouslivesmatter #blackinfluencers #blackandproud #blackwallstreet #photooftheday📸 #OurLivesMatter #dopeart #protectourblackmen #dopeblackart #dopeart #blackfamily #blackexcellence #trending #AmplifyMelinatedVoices #drmartinlutherkingjr #amplifyblackvoices #trendingnow #blackwomenmatter #blacklivesmatter #blklivesmatter✊🏿 #hiphop #Repostthis #marchforourlives #marchforchange https://www.instagram.com/p/CCf1TuQDG-q/?igshid=609obi5o70b2

[thebookdragon217]

So excited about this Read A Long that started Juneteenth. I cannot wait for the discussions and learning. Here's my #Letsgetstamped selfie challenge. Let's keep the celebration going! #letsgetstamped #readalongwithus #selfiechallenge #buddyreadsrock #beanagentofchange #beantiracist #blacklivesmatter #readblackbooks #weneeddiversebooks #bookishpost #representationmatters #bookdragon #supportblackauthors #bookstagram #readingislearning #readingiscrucial (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBri7M5gsSC/?igshid=7j3js8492a5k

[beverlybachoo]

Walking with my son, and some woman on the other side of the street, yelled, “at least I ain’t no n*gger”. Just the three of us. She kept walking and laughing. #blm #sanjose #dtsj #antiracism #beantiracist #thisiseverywhere (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeG2JaDL8aS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tapdancekaz]

I heard Sally playing with her toys and telling them “when the race-is-ism starts, you have an opportunity to change.” I’m sure we don’t always say the right things as parents but at least we are doing our best to have difficult conversations, to explain to our daughter what is really happening in the world, and what we can do to be better anti-racism allies. She is doing her best to teach Mermaids how to be anti-racist. I think that is a step towards real understanding. #childrenwilllisten #beantiracist https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPRY9rDl4m/?igshid=1mhtuh4qgn84r

[blabbingworldaffairs]

Sunday Smack

Happy Sunday!

I know there is so much going on in the world, but I hope you found something to be happy about this weekend!

I sincerely hope these trying times will lead to positive results too. Meanwhile we all have to take our part to signal a racist world is not the world we want to live in. Here’s another great post with resources to help gain understanding and take action.

Let’s do some reading.

We Can’t Breathe: UN OHCHR Experts Issue Joint Statement and Call for Reparations

Statement signed by  all of the independent experts of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change

President Obama’s opinion peace is the most level-headed, wise, objective voice so needed in this conversation. Remember when US presidents used to have such traits?

June 2020 employee of the Month: Viktor Orbán

Considering that this recognition goes to the most undeserving human rights offenders every month, it was high time for the Hungarian PM to get it.

How COVID-19 Will Affect UN Peacekeeping

UN Peacekeeping is an ever changing role of the United Nations based on the needs of the ever changing world.

State Sponsored Persecution of Uighur Muslims in China

It’s kind of mind-blowing to think how China has a seat at all the tables where the most respected world leaders gather, while committing such crimes.

[wcs53]

Decent turnout for today’s Black Lives Matter March in St Marys. ✊🏿 #blacklivesmatter #beantiracist #wecandobetter #blm #stmarysontario (at St. Marys, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBG3vXGAMZZ/?igshid=1cz9ylxj1ansb

[mx-phoenix-nixon]

I posted a temporary black square for #blackouttuesday but know that it doesn't change anything. For me it was a promise, to work harder, to be more aware and to be more actively anti-racist. It's not enough to post on social media, actions speak louder than words. #blacklivesmatter #standtogether #strongertogether #bethechange #beantiracist https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9p6OMF1ry/?igshid=b949boi5de0m

[saospeaksvolumes]

My husband & I have spoken about & referenced this graphic organizer a lot. As a former educator, this is def something I would use in my classroom (https://www.sikhcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Jyot-Pyramid-of-Power.pdf). Yes. With youth. Facilitate. With teachers. To reach out to communities. To platform convos. To spark research projects. To help someone at a loss for their own words to start that convo, to end that convo. To help someone in denial or fearful of acceptance and what it means to find understanding, to identify. To point blank call out. Yesterday, I directly heard, “But what about me?” & “But we’re just one human family.” Argued vehemently, dismissive of any thought that they were speaking condescendingly from white privilege as if impossible to understand boiling points & rage with no progressive outlet provided, in fact instigated in hopes of self-destruction. Today I still see so many refusing to see that there are peaceful, progressive protestors being responsible & purposeful, while paid infiltrators & media fueled opposers to actual movement convince you that chaos & damage & theft & violence are the goals. Do they really not see the purposeful stereotyping perpetuation? The fear mongering? And they believe the planted anti-movement anarchy to the point of further justifying police brutality over the pain & loss & injustice, the hundreds of years of it, to the point that they become even more blinded, indignant enough to announce that there is no longer even an argument against police brutality, murder, generations of looting & burning of the intentionally oppressed by the government & banks & property owners. If you really aren’t capable of walking in someone else’s shoes, of studying more than the “news”, if relating or identifying your role makes you angry because your white privilege is so Lily that you be baking in hate just to be questioned & you refuse to see why—then spend some time climbing this pyramid. Break it down. Brick. By. Brick. And then build a different view. #youmightbearacistif #acknowledge #accept #identify #speakup #standup #question #studyself #beantiracist #putinthework (at Porter, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA62kIZBCtc/?igshid=1qutju6pw3g47