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SlaveCodes.org publishes slave codes from the days of chattel slavery across the Americas. The codes are translated in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

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Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 2y ago

That book made it easier for me to see relationships between braiding as communication technology, as a site of collaboration between the braider and person who's hair is being braided, and code. Afro-Colombian braiding traditions. Braids as maps, warnings, intention, risk management, collaboration

How Braids Were Used As Escape Maps

Braids for Afro-Colombian women is rooted in rebellionSources: Aj+ Español, The Washington Post, Travel Noire

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Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · last yr.

100% of the products tested had carcinogens. 9 out of 10 has lead. A protective hairstyle should not lead to premature death. Synthetic hair is not regulated by the FDA. Between this, carcinogins in relaxers and in hair dyes, there seems to be no regard at all for Black women's health. #BlackSky

Synthetic hair marketed to Black women contains carcinogens and lead, report finds

Ingredients that can cause cancer were found in 10 synthetic hair products marketed to Black women, according to Consumer Reports. Nine of the products also contained lead.

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Michael Harriot@michaelharriot.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's a story that illustrates why primary sources are important & how Black history is whitewashed. It involves a mass slave escape, Government-sponsored slut-shaming, my nomination for the Blackest name in history & the guy who discovered two words that might end racism. A thread.

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SlaveCodes.org@slavecodes.org · 2y ago

"no minister ... within this colony and dominion, shall hereafter wittingly presume to marry a white man with a negro or mulatto woman; or to marry a white woman with a negro or mulatto man,.." -October 1705 Virginia Annex of Laws Undoing Loving v. Virginia would take us back centuries.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 2y ago

1. Girl? We ain’t gang, bih 2. The only reason the Irish (& other European immigrant groups) are now considered white is b/c your assimilation into whiteness was necessary to bolster your Census numbers for political power. It’s part of why Census categories change every 10 years through history.

Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
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SlaveCodes.org@slavecodes.org · 2y ago

American history is an uncomfortable truth. This is the kind of white fragility that washes away the harsh reality of our past and if we cannot face it, then we are bound to repeat the atrocities and injustices we've committed. Shame on the leadership of the national archives.

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 2y ago

The National Archives are pivoting heavily into open white supremacy. Stuff like this has been happening at an increased clip for several years now. The fascism is baked into our institutions. We need to recognize that. They argue that ‘Visitors shouldn't feel confronted’. This is pure erasure.

Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson Follow WS reports that the National Archives museum has removed references to Martin Luther King, Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control, because presenting American history honestly would make Republicans uncomfortable