Fellow wypipo, if you think supplying or consuming a seemingly-endless series of links for one month is exhausting, try living in a country whose entire existence claims to be predicated on a lofty ideal but has in fact spent its entire existence acting as if that lofty ideal didn’t apply to you, but instead required your blood, sweat, and tears to make that ideal happen for other.
To a small degree, most of us have! But this isn’t a month of posts about how wealthy Capitalist exploit the working class, it’s Black History Month!
Black History Matters, from the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjVRz5S5oJ59kuWH_LAOiH0A6Yw7qsK7d
In addition to the intro video above, the Abolition Museum provides 25 videos of interviews and education about why Black history matters, and even how much voting rights are being restricted today.
Yesterday we were all able to see Rihanna deliver a stunning performance, an absolutely celebration of excellence, and it amazes me how this country can celebrate Black people with one hand, while expanding its oppression with the other. Joy and sorrow together.
