Thread by @magmal11

#GeorgeFloyd [of blessed memory] and matters arising.
Pls watch this video!👇
Thanks so much for sharing this. From what I read about Abraham Lincoln in particular, I've always known that he was a reluctant "emancipator" of slaves. We have to cut him some slack in the context

of the time he lived, however. The rest did not surprise me. The US army was still segregated under President Eisenhower to a large extent, while JFK was a beacon of hope.
In the end, though, like the callous murder of George Floyd has shown, black folk have always been given

the short end of the stick since the beginning of time it seems. The cultural significance of protests such as those we are witnessing today may have originated from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, but they are still very relevant event today. It is important to

show our kids this video so that they know where we are coming from, even if where we are headed remains vague!

But for God's uncommon benevolence, the black race would have perished from the surface of the earth given the magnitude and degree of suffering we have been forced

to endure for centuries and counting. And we are only talking about the physical abuse here. The psychological impact is, ofcourse, incalculable.

May God continue to have our back!

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NB: pls👏 pardon me for the way the video was shared, it is a 9mins video which is a bit long for smooth upload.