American mythology has always cast Black liberation as the villain. michaelharriot writes on the lure of white martyrdom
Arthur Ashe Monument in Richmond, Virginia, on June 17, 2020. Photo: Kris Graves c/o Sasha Wolf Projects Between 7:06 and 7:11 p.m. on June 1, 2020, equipped only with a Bible and the long, muscular arm of history, Donald Trump became a hero.
For what is America if not an epic story? We have all absorbed, to varying degrees, the basic premise and plot of the great American tall tale. Once upon a time, an innocent group of freedoms-loving people were minding their own business enjoying their freedoms . Out of nowhere — a dark force of freedoms-hating “others” arose, threatening to steal the peace, tranquillity, and stuff the spunky freedoms-lovers had built with nothing but hard work, ingenuity, and definitely no help from the others.
Attaching oneself to Black people’s desire to be free, equal, or even human has always been seen as a seditious act worthy of violent retribution.
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