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Say Her Name specifically refers to Black women killed by police whose deaths are deprioritized due to misogynoir. Others are retweeting using Bridges as a hashtag, as if she is a concept, not a living person. Bridges is alive & currently in the middle of a book launch. (1/8) https://twitter.com/SenElliott/status/1325164240638889986">https://twitter.com/SenElliot...
Bridges (66) is only 10 years older than Harris (56). They& #39;ve met. Harris is a big fan of Bridges. Bridges has not, as far as I could find, indicated that she views Harris as her successor or collaborator. The women have met, but they do not work together. (2/8)
Search "Ruby Bridges" on Twitter and find this image over and over. Notice who is retweeting with "powerful" and who is retweeting with "disrespectful." (3/8)
What does Ruby Bridges think about the image? I don& #39;t know. She hasn& #39;t shared it on her foundation& #39;s Facebook page or her personal website, http://RubyBridges.com"> http://RubyBridges.com . (4/8)
Nor did she mention it in her NPR interview about eight hours ago. (5/8) https://www.npr.org/2020/11/07/932091148/60-years-later-ruby-bridges-tells-her-story-in-this-is-your-time">https://www.npr.org/2020/11/0...
Maybe she& #39;ll mention it in her appearance Wednesday at Children& #39;s Museum Indianapolis? (6/8) https://www.childrensmuseum.org/visit/calendar/view/863">https://www.childrensmuseum.org/visit/cal...
In any case, it& #39;s SO important to remember that most of the people who are currently in elected positions in the US remember formal segregation and attended formally segregated schools. The people in Bridges& #39; story, on both sides, are still in US politics and education. (7/8)
Ruby Bridges is not a fairy tale, an ancestor, a relic. She is our contemporary. Her story is a contemporary story. In historical terms, this JUST happened. (8/8)
