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A predominantly black house of worship in another South Carolina town burned down late Tuesday.
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, in the state’s east, had seen flames before. Twenty years ago, two members of the Ku Klux Klan set fire to its original structure.
The church’s previous structure burned in 1995 as a result of hate-motivated arson during a spate of about 30 fires that swept black churches in Southern states at the time. (x)
#WhoIsBurningBlackChurches?
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This is what #BlackLivesMatter means. Every Black life matters. Every Black life in every walk of life. They all matter. Stop letting white people divide us so they can oppress and kill us. #BlackLivesMatter
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The trope of the “crazy” girlfriend is so prevalent and joked about now that girls getting into relationships are so worried about seeming imposing that they do not speak out about things that make them uncomfortable and are forced to let their boyfriends emotionally manipulate them into normalizing otherwise inappropriate behavior. They do not speak up and then are faced with dealing with an uncomfortable situation for so long, which can really affect their self esteem and emotional health. “Jokes” aren’t always jokes, especially at the expense of women. They are usually integrated into people’s thinking to the extent that they truly affect people’s opinions of women and the way they see them.
I think this is related to how many young women are afraid to speak up about things that upset them lest they be labeled a ‘nag’ for having her partner ‘whipped’. Even if she’s speaking up about a legitimate issue that genuinely upsets her, women are so often painted as being dramatic over nothing that it causes us to keep everything shoved down until it explodes, simply because we aren’t allowed to say “This bothers me.” without a negative response.
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