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rp @iamrachelricketts: Enslavement never ended, it just evolved. Mass incarceration is its most prolific iteration:

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• “Anybody convicted of a crime after 1865 could be leased out by the state to private corporations who would extract their labor for little or no pay. In some ways that created worse conditions than under the days of slavery, as private corporations were under no obligation to care for their forced laborers – they provided no healthcare, nutritious food or clothing to the individuals they were exploiting." - @guardian

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• America has 5% of the global population but 25% of the world's prisoners, who are disproportionately Black.

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• Today, incarcerated Americans often earn b/w 86 cents + $3.45 per day for prison jobs (some earn nothing at all).

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Prison labor ain't the only form of modern enslavement. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Black womxn+ and gxrls+ comprise at least 40% of human trafficking victims.

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So long as predominantly Black folx are forced to work for menial or zero pay, enslavement continues.

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So long as Black womxn+ and femmes are disproportionately forced into sex work, enslavement continues. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Hell, so long as Black womxn+ and femmes are constantly expected to WORK FOR FREE (usually by white folx), enslavement continues.

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On this day I celebrate my ancestors. Who were enslaved + worked endlessly so white people could enjoy the wealth + privileges they still possess TO THIS DAY.

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I am laying my ass down to REST. I ain’t lifting a DAMN finger unless it’s in the name of Black liberation (and ONLY with remuneration)

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Reparations are OWED. - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems

 

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