isnt-it-rich.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 08 November 2024
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@isnt-it-rich.bsky.socialTo save runaways from slavery who were trying to make lives in the North “illegally,” local Vigilance Committees formed. They kept watch for slave catchers, secreted away those in danger, and posted placards that outed slave catchers, sometimes hounding them till they left town.
Show PostA newly declassified U.S. intelligence memo confirms that the Venezuelan government does not control the Tren de Aragua gang. Trump’s narrative collapses as the deportation policy reveals itself to be driven by fear rather than grounded in fact.
Show PostSome of the most meaningful work I ever did was recording the stories of Black elders who spoke frankly about the horrors of Jim Crow while *simultaneously* expounding upon the care they took with a well-seasoned pot of beans or the stitching on an Easter dress. Culture did not happen in a vacuum.
Show PostCarney was like a chaperone dad at another kid’s out of control birthday party, looking on with amusement & just happy it wasn’t his own kid causing any of the chaos.
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