Thread by @lisasharper

1/ I recently spoke on the intersections of race/gender oppression in US. The very first RACE Law in the nation’s foundational history was passed in VA 1662. It was also the very first GENDER-based law and the first CITIZENSHIP law passed on this soil.

2/ That 1662 law created race-based slavery, by locating citizenship in the womb of the mother. Citizens could not be enslaved. So, if your mother was enslaved, she wasn’t a citizen and you were not a citizen. So, you could be enslaved. Plus, they outlawed interracial marriage.

3/ The 1662 law was in full force for 200+ years until passage of 13th and 14th Amendments, which ended race-based citizenship and outlawed slavery. Interracial marriage wasn’t legalized until the Loving v. Virginia (1967) Supreme Court ruling 305 years after VA’s 1662 race law.

4/ Here’s the thing: Ending #Abortion is not the ultimate goal of the Christian White Nationalist GOP. The ultimate goal is the re-establishment of #whitepatriarchy .
#RoeVsWade

5/ They are ALREADY targeting LOVING V. VIRGINIA, which established precedent for Roe and same sex marriage and stands on the pillar of Brown v. Board of Education, which undergirds all of the gains of the Civil Rights movement. Brown enforced 14th Amendment equal protection.

6/6 So, Roe is not the goal. White patriarchy is the goal. If this ruling goes through, as drafted, then Constitutional protections for all but straight white men are at risk.

This is NOT a drill. This is happening.

Read #fortunebook chapters 1, 3 and 7 for more. #RoeVsWade