💛 From the @TheDailyEdge article “Talking to White People About Racism”—

TDE: Why do you think Toni Morrison’s work is being banned?

CR: ...because her work fearlessly depicts Black people front and center as the main characters within the context of Black culture, hopes, trauma, relationships, and dreams, and puts readers in her characters.
—@clayrivers

#Racism #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackFedi #Allyship #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-5-no-13/

💛 ICYMI: From the @TheDailyEdge article Talking to White People About Racism—

After five months of stalling and resisting a federal court order, Louisiana’s state legislature allowed desegregation in November 1960. For the remainder of the school year, Bridges was driven five blocks to and from school under the protection of four federal marshals because of racist mob violence.
—@clayrivers

#Racism #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #RacialEquity #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism

💛 From the @TheDailyEdge article “Talking to White People About Racism”—

After five months of stalling and resisting a federal court order, Louisiana’s state legislature allowed desegregation in November 1960. For the remainder of the school year, Bridges was driven five blocks to and from school under the protection of four federal marshals because of racist mob violence.
—@clayrivers

#Racism #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #RacialEquity #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism

💛 “Talking to White People About Racism” by @TheDailyEdge

#Racism #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackFedi #Allyship #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism?utm_source=substack&publication_id=5226&post_id=112072513&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false

💛 “Talking to White People About Racism” by @TheDailyEdge

#Racism #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackFedi #Allyship #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother

https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism?utm_source=substack&publication_id=5226&post_id=112072513&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false

#Floriduh used to be a popular winter destination for Canadian #Snowbirds.

But the #Coronavirus 🦠 interrupted that migration for a couple of years. Now the #fascism of #DarkMAGA #Snowflakes ❄️ ⬇️ and the stench of #sargassum are sending them elsewhere.

#RubyBridges
#InstitutionalRacism

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruby-bridges-racism-florida-parents_n_64244edfe4b0ec7dfe49d2d8

#RubyBridges.

I see lots of proper names mentioned here except for the paren/complainant. Do these complaints get lodged anonymously? Why? #RubyBridges https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/03/27/removal-ruby-bridges-film-pinellas-school-sparks-outrage/

Exactly. #RubyBridges #BlackHistoryMonth

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #Respect #RubyBridges

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

- Ruby Bridges

Families will be walking and rolling to school tomorrow! #RubyBridges #WalkAndRollToSchool

RT @BerniceKing@twitter.com

62 years ago today, 6-year-old #RubyBridges integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Many, including white moderates, believed that she was “out of order.”

Thank you to Ruby Bridges and her family for being “out of order.”

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1592188126847721472

RT @qsteph@twitter.com

#RubyBridges was just a child who wanted to go to school and get an education. She was threatened and harassed for it. By adults.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/qsteph/status/1592224016202596352

RT @BerniceKing@twitter.com

62 years ago today, 6-year-old #RubyBridges integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Many, including white moderates, believed that she was “out of order.”

Thank you to Ruby Bridges and her family for being “out of order.”

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1592188126847721472

#RubyBridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges