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17 Feb, 7 tweets, 2 min read

(1/7) America needs reparations. Learn why 👇🏾👇🏼👇🏻 #HR40 #HR40Hearing

(2/7) Today Congress is holding a hearing on #HR40, a bill that would finally address America's original sin of slavery and establish a commission to study and develop proposals for reparations.

(3/7) It will take place in the US Capitol, the symbol of our democracy, which was built by enslaved people.

(4/7) On January 6, the Capitol was viciously attacked by white supremacists and others who stoke flames of fear, hate, and mistrust between Americans.

(5/7) We must reject violence and division. It tears at the fabric of our society and contradicts America’s founding principles—freedom, justice, and liberty for ALL.

(6/7) We can do that by supporting and promoting policies, like #HR40, that advance racial justice and push us to live up to our highest ideals.

(7/7) Tell Congress to pass #HR40 and start the process of healing our nation by taking action here >>> benjerrys.co/2LYlW0t

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To achieve justice, we don’t need just thoughts and prayers — we need education and action. The below thread offers some ways to learn about our country’s history, its impact on the present, and the underlying conditions that led to the murder of George Floyd.

Here’s the key to understanding what we’re seeing today: There’s a direct connection between slavery and our past and our present criminal justice system that profits from locking up Black bodies: benjerrys.co/2TX6t06

...But the US has never honestly and openly confronted slavery and its legacy of racism and violence. We need to. Now. And we need reparations: benjerrys.co/32sttaU

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