The chronic dehumanization of black men, women, and children in the United States is anything but new. Society stereotypes black people as dangerous, lazy, and feeble-minded, among other things; and those stereotypes creep into our public policies and institutional practices. 1/6 
The government that's supposed to protect and serve black Americans takes our labor and our tax dollars and then treats us like second class citizens. As long as black people have lived in the United States, we have had to fight for every bit of progress that we have achieved—2/6
emancipation from slavery, the right to vote, the right to vote again (because the 15th Amendment of 1870 wasn’t enough to ensure black suffrage…it would take nearly another century to secure that basic right of citizenship), the end of Jim Crow segregation, 3/6
access to quality education and employment opportunities. The brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many before them demonstrate that we have a long way to go to reach first-class citizenship. But we will keep fighting for it. 4/6
Even though we’re sick and tired of dealing with this foolishness. We will keep standing up. We will keep showing up. We will hold our government institutions and our leaders accountable as we make our voices heard in our communities and on Election Day (!). 5/6
We owe it to our ancestors. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to our children. And, our country owes it to us. 6/6 #blackouttuesday #justice #citizens #CivilRights #georgefloyd #equality #protest
