odinsblog:

thecosmicjackalope:

sage–inthesummer:

systlin:

jama9:

Pretty sure that generation has been dead for awhile but ok, pretend one thing has something to do with another

The end of Jim Crow laws was in the 1950′s. The first black student to attend a formerly all white school was Ruby Bridges in 1960. 

Here she is being walked to school under the protection of Federal Marshals because angry white people were ready to harm or kill her. 

Here she is in 2010, eight years ago. 

The generation that enforced segregation is not dead, fucko. They were our fuckin grandparents, and it was not that goddamn long ago. 

Google is free. 

and here’s a picture of a bunch of lunatic white ladies losing their shit over a child going to school.

This post is so eye opening.

I hate when people say “but slavery ended over 100 years ago!!!” Because segregation ended only 58 years ago. That seems like a long time to young people/millenials, but our grandparents were literally adults at this time and, chances are, they were perfectly fine with segregation.

the roots of hatred run deep. YEARS deep. decades deep.

Imma keep saying this: throwing racism into this far away, distant, safe space called “the past” isn’t just ahistorical, it’s a derailing, dismissive tactic used by people who do not care AT ALL about racism, past or present.