1/20

ppl r asking how& #39;s Jacob Blake shot in the back 7x, and Kyle Rittenhouse is handed a water bottle

the answer is although https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten"> is a great nation, racism is A MOST DANGEROUS LIE that has snuck its way into leadership - since day 1
2/20

to be clear - this is not a partisan issue / political statement

i& #39;m just calling out truth

and in doing so, providing evidence in the form of quotes from leaders on both sides of the aisle, from founding fathers until today

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3/20

"Amalgamation with the other color, produces degradation to which no lover of his country, no lover of excellence in the human character, can innocently consent."

- Thomas Jefferson (Founding Father, 3rd President)

#lies
4/20

"Generally idle and depraved; Appearing to retain the bad qualities of the slaves with whom they continue to associate, without acquiring any of the good ones of the Whites."

- James Madison (Founding Father, 4th President)

#lies
5/20

"There is a physical difference between the White and Black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races of living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch..."

- Abraham Lincoln (continues on)

#lies
6/20
"...as they cannot live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the White race."

- Abraham Lincoln (16th President)

#lies
7/20

"This government was not founded by Negroes nor for Negroes, but by White men for White men. The inequality of the White and Black races was stamped from the beginning."

- Jefferson Davis (Senator, Mississippi)

#lies
8/20

"It is vain to deny that [Black Americans] are an inferior race - very far inferior to the European variety. They have learned in slavery all that they know in civilization."

- Andrew Johnson (17th President)

#lies
9/20

"A perfectly stupid race can never rise to a very high plane; the Negro, for instance, has been kept down as much by lack of intellectual development as by anything else."

- Theodore Roosevelt (26th President)

#lies
10/20

"I stand for the national policy of exclusion. We can& #39;t make a homogenous population of people who do not blend with the Caucasian race. Oriental Coolie-ism will give us yet another problem and surely we have already had our lesson."- Woodrow Wilson (28th President)

#lies
11/20

"I know there are times when an abortion are necessary - when you have a Black and a White [interracial pregnancy] or a rape."

- Richard Nixon (37th President)

#lies
12/20

See how the LIE of Thomas Jefferson found its way 100s of years later to Nixon?

In an effort to remain as non-partisan as possible in this message of objective truth I& #39;m seeking to deliver, I& #39;m not including any more recent quotes

but they exist, and easy to find

#lies
13/20

Here& #39;s a challenge for each American in 2020:

"Do your morals define your politics, or do your politics define your morals?"
14/20

without proactively electing officials that will be champions of truth, justice, unity and equality - we& #39;re just going to keep letting the LIE that is racism fester
15/20

my plea to my fellow Americans is that from 2020 onward, we let our votes and our voices reflect our morals and not our party lines
16/20

i want to give credit where it& #39;s due to w@danielhill1336- -. .
16/20

i need to give credit @danielhill1336 - who& #39;s been fighting for justice for years, and whose message made me aware of these quotes.
17/20

. @danielhill1336& #39;s books & #39;White Awake& #39; and & #39;White Lies& #39; are great resources for confronting White supremacy. For more quotes like these and other objective truths I& #39;d take a look
18/20

"America is great when we behave greatly."

- Julia Jackson (mother of Jacob Blake)

#truth
19/20

Against all odds, all craziness that is 2020, let this be a cornerstone moment for our country where we let the heart of who we are as people and a nation stand over self-preservation and party feuds.

Let our morals define our politics, our votes
20/20

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