The bitter fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds over a line about slavery in the state’s revised African American history standards is infuriating several prominent Black conservatives.

    • kool_newt@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Here’s my version I just made

      First they came for the trans kids, and I did not speak out—
           Because I was not a trans kid.
      
      Then they came for all LGBTQ and women, and I did not speak out—
           Because I was neither.
      
      Then they came for the POC, and I did not speak out—
           Because I was not a person of color.
      
      Then they came for me, a non-believer —and there was no one left to speak for me.
      
      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        See, my theory is that the black guys will still be getting the short end of the stick in the US long after the trans and gay stuff is forgotten and normalised.

        And the reason I think this is simple. No middle class white republican voters ever got sat down by their teenage kids, only to hear “Mom, dad. I think I might be black…”