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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down4·9 months agoAnd they even led to one of the few cases in American history where there were serious talks about gun control!
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·9 months agoYes, but only because white people were terrified of black people with guns, so I wouldn’t call that a good case.
minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoYeah it’s shocking how much of our society (like credit) was put in place specifically to keep POC disadvantaged
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoJim Crow never went away just changed the name.
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoSpecifically, where a Republican President (at the time Republican Governor) and the NRA supported the gun control. And yes, because of racist bigotry. https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/us/race-politics-gun-control-the-price-of-freedom/index.html https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment
minus-squaregoferking0@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agohttps://youtu.be/yJqfNroFp8U
And they even led to one of the few cases in American history where there were serious talks about gun control!
Yes, but only because white people were terrified of black people with guns, so I wouldn’t call that a good case.
Yeah it’s shocking how much of our society (like credit) was put in place specifically to keep POC disadvantaged
Jim Crow never went away just changed the name.
Specifically, where a Republican President (at the time Republican Governor) and the NRA supported the gun control. And yes, because of racist bigotry.
https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/us/race-politics-gun-control-the-price-of-freedom/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment
https://youtu.be/yJqfNroFp8U