One afternoon in mid-July, hundreds of people gathered around a stage in front of the historic gray stone courthouse at the heart of the small town of Graham, North Carolina. They were listening to a song of protest.
The desperation to stay in power will not end well for the âwhiteâ people of NC. Instead of working together to make our country better they will continue to put their thumbs on the scale and insist dammit itâs those âother guysâ.
Wow, a heart wrenching article to read first thing in the morning. Excellent read. On one hand, made me feel ashamed to be white. OTOH, makes me damn proud to not be one of âthoseâ sub-human whites.
I agree, fine long form article. Provides insight as to how systemic the problem is, and why black lives matter.
âThe sheriffâs protest-related spending in 2020 came to roughly $750,000. Graham police estimate their costs at $112,000.â
Local government didnât mention - perhaps hasnât figured out how much local 19th century prejudice (displayed like the statue for all to see) has cost this town.
âSub human whitesâ
Graham crackers
The sheriff wants to âprotectâ people of color by preventing them from protesting, rather than by stopping stupid crazy evil white people from killing them. Part of me just wants to level the place.
(Also, denying civil rights under color of lawâŚ)
This is some great, dogged, exhaustive and exhausting journalism about the state of the new Confederacy in 2021. Thanks very much for digging in and giving a full picture of this place. Memorable, infuriating. Iâm going to share this one with family and friends.
This sort of thing needs to be highlighted each and every day until it ends. The people of this country and that county are ill-served by racist bigots who use un-Constitutional means to end protests.
I think the thing that got me the most angry was the a-hole who decided to call slaves âworkersâ, as if that someone how makes being a bigotted racist white supremicist more inline with being the head of a business. This is the type of terrorist rhetoric that is used to legitimize the violence against others based on race, implying that the abused should be grateful that they have âa jobâ as a âworkerâ whenever the master feel like whipping or lynching them. Disgusting. And the people who talk that way are basically sociopaths.
What is good is that state of North Carolina did not gain Twitler any electoral votes this past year. Itâs a sign that maybe things are changing drastically in that state. That is, the majority of voters in that state supported a ticket that put the first woman and first person of color into the office of Vice President of the US. And itâs a sign that change can and is happening. The Old South, the South of racist Jim Crow, of racist white supremacist politicians and police is dying away. What is maddening is how many more people will be abused and/or die at the hand of the racists and bigots there that still cling to shrinking power there.