I was shocked when I found this out. Shocked, angry and as a white girl who was a direct beneficiary of Dad's WWII and Korea service growing up, very uncomfortable. I learned about red-lining, racial covenants and all the other obstacles thrown in the path of Black progress.
I'm still learning, but I'm getting there.
@RushGirl @mekkaokereke except Harry Bellafonte went to Acting School on the GI Bill with Sidney Poitier and while racism was alive rampant, they both did get their education
@mekkaokereke @bleistifterin @RushGirl
And "states' rights" means "We can't hurt people nationally, but we can hurt some locally"