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[-] HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think we can also show we didn't do what people think what we did when we look at things on a time line.

WW2 ended in 1945.

Emmett Till was murdered in 55. 10 years later. Ruby Bridges went to what was an all white school in 1960. That was 15 years later. The Civil Rights Act happened in 1964. 19 years later. The MOVE Bombing happened in 85. 40 years later.

The Stonewall Riots happened in 69. 24 years later. The UpStairs Lounge Arson attack happened in 73. Which was 28 years later. Harvey Milk was assassinated in 78. 33 years later. The Shelby bookstore murders happened in 87. So 42 years after.

We can sit here and list different events all day that happened after the war. We were the good guys off fighting evil, and those soldiers would totally hate the bigotry we see today... Except there's a good chance that tbe vast majority of them weren't any better. Even the black soldiers still weren't allowed to fight with the white ones. We were fighting fascism over there while it was still happening over here.

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