Ever wonder whyBlack Americans become angry at false accusations from whites women? We’re familiar with a few historical stories, with Emmet Till being most known these days. Carolyn Bryant, 21 & married, accused 14 year old of “flirting or whistling” at her and touching her.
Her husband & family murdered Emmet & mutilated his body before dumping him in river. The family was acquitted & the judge ruled that Carolyn’s testimony was invalid so the jury didn’t even hear her testimony. His funeral was open casket
at request of his family. In 2008 Carolyn- who’s still alive- admitted she lied. His memorial has been replaced multiple times because white people continue to shoot it up. It has bulletproof glass as of late last year & it was fired upon w/in days & white people w/confederate
Flags posed for pictures. An equally horrific story is the story of George Stinney Jr. who was accused of murdering two white forks 11, 14. He was arrested & cops said he confessed. His trial was 10 minutes, the evidence was the cop’s written notes, & he had no defense. He was
Given the electric chair, becoming the youngest person killed by electric chair in 1944 - 14 years old. He was so small they sat him on a bible so the helmet reached his head. He conviction was posthumously vacated for all the reasons. My parents & grandparents were alive then.
Our anger is genetically generational and trauma coded in our dna against a system that murders us on the words & tears of white women. Like Amy Cooper and all the others we see every single day.
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