I actually got time today, and the Mayor of Dallas standing by markers of enslaved people without even a mention of the legacy of enslavement in Dallas, Texas pissed me off.

Here is a little thread about slavery in Dallas County 🧵

https://twitter.com/jerryleads/status/1804860789821526214

Just going to start with the so-called founder of the city, John Neely Bryan. His own great-great-great grandson, Erik Bryan, wrote this article: “A Heritage of Hate: Why it’s the duty of every white American to burn a Confederate flag” themorningnews.org/article/a-heri…

Gerald Horne - The Counter Revolution Of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism #1836Syllabus Randolph Campbell - The Laws of Slavery in Texas: Historical Documents and Essays #1836Syllabus

I was asked to write this and I was emotional and angry. Tired, really. But I wanted to share my thought process when writing these 750+ words about the proximity of premature death/racism in Dallas and in this country. THREAD. dmagazine.com/frontburner/20… I’m an artist & MC. I always think about ideas in song lyrics. No other song title conveys proximity to premature death better than 2Pac’s “Death Around The Corner”(especially since his best work, ME AGAINST THE WORLD, released when he was in prison):