OUTRAGEOUS!
THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY SYSTEMIC RACISM!!!

The town was completely ignored while White officials ran it into the ground &stole from it. Now that they have Black officials and are getting an economic boom the “powers that be” are demanding the town dissolve instead!
That link to the article wasn’t working so here’s one that will

patch.com/tennessee/acro…
So if you’re keeping track the comptroller is using the previous bad acts of White officials who stole from the Black town & the debt accrued under their leadership as the pretext to steal the town from the new Black leadership who secured a Ford plant.

rawstory.com/comptroller-to…
It’s so evil it’s almost comical. They ignored this Black town when it had White leadership that ROBBED IT OF EVERYTHING & now that Black leadership has taken over & turned the tide they’re using the debt accrued by the White thieves as the pretext to steal the town & get the $.
I wonder if the @NAACP @NAACP_LDF can do anything to help this town?
For those of you “surprised” that this can happen let me assure you this is the “kindler gentler” version of dissolving Black towns with Black leadership. They used to just kill us and face no repercussions. So yay for progress? Yes that’s sarcasm.

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