Sunshine ( Sunshine@piefed.ca ) M to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago'Whites-only' community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansaswww.thepinknews.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1262
arrow-up1262external-link'Whites-only' community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansaswww.thepinknews.comSunshine ( Sunshine@piefed.ca ) M to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squareturtlesareneat ( turtlesareneat@discuss.online ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 year agoWhen my husband and I travel through certain towns in Northwest AR, one of us takes our matching wedding rings off, and we’re brothers, in case the car breaks down - you want to plan your story ahead.
minus-squareReannlegge ( Reannlegge@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoThat is sad that you have to do that to feel safe.
minus-squareouRKaoS ( ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoImagine Traveling While Black™, and wondering if it’s safe to even stop for food or gas in whatever tiny little area you’re in. It’s a lot harder to take off skin than it is a ring.
minus-squareZombie ( Zombie@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoNow imagine you’re the first ever black female MP in the UK, who points out just what you’ve stated, and you get kicked out of your party for it. Oh, wait, silly me, you don’t have to imagine. That happened. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8v33g1dgo
minus-squareReannlegge ( Reannlegge@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI am Trans I am well aware of the struggles.
minus-squareSwordgeek ( swordgeek@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoThis reminds me - repulsively - of what Blacks went through in the mid-20th century. I’m sorry for you. (And as an aside, “Lovecraft Country” by Matt Ruff is a fantastic supernatural horror set during Jim Crow laws.)
When my husband and I travel through certain towns in Northwest AR, one of us takes our matching wedding rings off, and we’re brothers, in case the car breaks down - you want to plan your story ahead.
That is sad that you have to do that to feel safe.
Imagine Traveling While Black™, and wondering if it’s safe to even stop for food or gas in whatever tiny little area you’re in.
It’s a lot harder to take off skin than it is a ring.
Now imagine you’re the first ever black female MP in the UK, who points out just what you’ve stated, and you get kicked out of your party for it.
Oh, wait, silly me, you don’t have to imagine. That happened.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8v33g1dgo
I am Trans I am well aware of the struggles.
This reminds me - repulsively - of what Blacks went through in the mid-20th century. I’m sorry for you.
(And as an aside, “Lovecraft Country” by Matt Ruff is a fantastic supernatural horror set during Jim Crow laws.)