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we often forget the sheer, unending violence of institutionalized racism by way of Jim Crow. White people of that era wielded power with impunity. They sprayed protesters with fire hoses and tear gas. They sicced dogs on them. They resorted to all manner of physical and stochastic violence. And sometimes, things escalated further.
✏️ This is what it looks like to “uphold the law” and uphold the status quo.
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This is what it looks like when people try to fight systematic injustice that’s baked into laws.
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