The US has never really had free speech. Ever.🤷🏿♂️
There's never been a point in US history when Black folk could speak freely without severe consequences from their government. By severe consequences, I mean government programs designed to falsely imprison or execute them.
Slavery was obvious.
To Jim Crow: cops & politicians targeting "uppity" negroes.
To COINTELPRO.
To "Black Identity extremists."
US free speech usually just means "Let the nazis talk"
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