6 June Selena on IGTV: We keep asking “How did we get here?” The answer is that we’ve been here from the beginning

@selenagomez: Clip from the film 13th

We keep asking “How did we get here?” The answer is that we’ve been here from the beginning. ⠀
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George Floyd’s death is part of a long history that connects slavery to our current system of mass incarceration. In the American South, places like Parchman Farm started as slave plantations and then became prisons after slavery ended. ⠀
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Racial violence has been a common theme in our history and was used to keep black people in a subordinate position. Just as George Floyd’s death opened people’s eyes in 2020, the lynching of 15 year old Emmett Till did in 1955. ⠀
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I’m including a clip from the film 13th, which discusses this history in detail and one reading suggestion: The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. If we’re to ever change this terrible cycle it begins by recognizing just how deep its roots go.⠀
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— Jelani Cobb (@jelani1906)

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We keep asking “How did we get here?” The answer is that we’ve been here from the beginning. ⠀ ⠀ George Floyd’s death is part of a long history that connects slavery to our current system of mass incarceration. In the American South, places like Parchman Farm started as slave plantations and then became prisons after slavery ended. ⠀ ⠀ Racial violence has been a common theme in our history and was used to keep black people in a subordinate position. Just as George Floyd’s death opened people’s eyes in 2020, the lynching of 15 year old Emmett Till did in 1955. ⠀ ⠀ I’m including a clip from the film 13th, which discusses this history in detail and one reading suggestion: The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. If we’re to ever change this terrible cycle it begins by recognizing just how deep its roots go.⠀ ⠀ — Jelani Cobb (@jelani1906)

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The 13th full movie.

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