Thread by @digitalsista

I'm going to talk about sundown towns in this thread today. I've been in several rooms on CRT and other aspects of the way we look at laws but also "the rules are the rules" framing that continues to go around. For most of us the rules and laws are for some.

Now. I've said this many times. Sundown towns still exist. Signs are still posted and Sirens go off. Yet I'm told over and over sundown towns are illegal. Asking for you so why are the signs and sirens still existing?

"The rules of a sundown town were simple: Black people were allowed to pass through during the day or go in to shop or work, but they had to be gone by nightfall. Anyone breaking the rules could risk arrest, a beating or worse." apnews.com/article/virus-…

in addition from this story.
"These towns were an open secret of racial segregation that spilled over much of the nation for at least a century, and still exist in various forms, enforced today more by tradition and fear than by rules."

still enforced while it's "illegal."

This where someone said this was about free speech. If the towns still keep up these rooms the citizens have chosen this way of life. But this way of life is racist. One side tells the lie of dinner bells and fire station sirens while the others know what it really means.

This is where the green book exists. #ThisIsAmerica:
In places still seen as sundown towns many BP now follow their own rules: Avoid them if possible, and lock your car doors if you have to drive through. If you stop for gas, look for a well-lit gas station with security cameras.

This is why we keep saying America is the greatest country while denying these "rules" and traditions that still exist which are based on horrors. Even this article said "or worse" without saying murder and with impunity if you were found in that town past your expiration date.

if you read closer you will see there was an event in 1954 that took away a small cluster of homes that were all Black because a WW was "harmed" by a BM. a repeated narrative for many massacres. Homes are burned, people killed but no cases or arrests.

Now in Nevada. There are towns a siren that goes off at 6pm. However, the state banned any sirens. So what did one town do. Change the siren bell to 5:45pm to skirt the ban. soooo what's the message? bbc.com/news/world-us-…

But each of these towns will say they aren't racist. Giving excuses for why the sirens are going off. "honoring first responders" <== easy code word. It's a fire alarm or whatever comes up but there was an actual ordinance that matched the siren.

"One thing that's not in dispute is that ordinance was in the books for almost 60 years - that Native Americans weren't welcome after dark," Mr Watts said"

but but but.....

So when I hear folk say it's illegal it's a very disingenuous argument. One side might be lied to but the side that will lose their life because they might be in a sundown town knows the truth. It's an American commentary.

When you say it's the greatest country in the world like massacres haven't happened here it's full-frontal erasure of those that are still trying to survive here. And once again if you say it's bad over in zyx. You are literally proving the point. You are being dubious at best

BTW I count the 600k of death a massacre. Because they were officials that actively tried to spread the virus because it was disproportionately killing Black and Brown people. #VilliansInThisAmericanHorrorStory

This thread is to say a few things. A law can be removed but the actions still remain. A law can be created solely as a racist action like Voter suppression bills. Choosing leniency vs the strict letter of the law can be racist too. Claiming free speech when it's not all of us.

This is why we are in the current state. If you've been lied to all your life where do you find the truth? If you know the truth and try to say it but are silenced how is the lie countered in any way? We live in very different Americas on this land. and this is only ONE example.