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   Jaden (jaden3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 06:44:19 JST Jaden

   So to clarify why I feel so strongly bout racism and discrimination.
   Ain gon lie to y'all my position on this been strongly influenced by my grampa. He grew up in mississippi and told me so much bout how the klan controlled and treated black folk . Yeah we was just niggas. He even saw men lynched. Told me as a kid he saw a man hanging from a tree. So I do feel real strongly that we get equality and we are not just treated like second class citizens #blacklivesmatter

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 06:47:07 JST Robert Link

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     @Jaden3 You read Malcolm's autobiography? I tried, but gave up, in tears, when his foster parents told him never trust white people. I'm white but I couldn't hold the advice against them. Malcolm himself grew past that moment, but it still brings me to tears to think about it. This was all supposed to be behind us by now.

     Hmm. Sorry, maybe I shouldn't unload on you. But, yeah, #blacklivesmatter and #killercopsgottastop and keep fighting!

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     四 (yon@sakurajima.moe)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 06:47:20 JST 四

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     @Jaden3 Don’t stop telling these stories. It’s also important that we document it while we still can. Please consider getting a cheap stand for your phone, put it up, and just have a conversation about this with your relatives. So their stories lives on.