ブライス・ダラス・ハワードのインスタグラム(brycedhoward) - 7月5日 02時07分

To be an American on British soil on the Fourth of July in 2020 is an opportunity to ask myself, what are we celebrating? History is being made today. Our gift was the design of our forefathers, but we are the mothers and fathers of America’s future — so what do we envision possible?⁣⁣
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Below are powerful quotes from ”Black, on the Fourth of July” by John Sloan (@jsloan3), the Co-Lead Organizer @blmdetroit. I encourage you to read the full article and also check out “Resistance is Patriotism on the Fourth of July” by Ibram X. Kendi. Both links in my bio! 👆⁣⁣
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“I want to love my country with an unfailing faith. But the older I get, the harder that becomes.” ⁣⁣
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“I could not find my way to celebrating the birth of a nation that was stolen through genocide. I struggled to find joy in a struggle for freedom by a nation that would continue to build its economic wealth on the backs of slaves.”⁣⁣
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“My struggle lies in the dichotomy of celebrating a holiday’s overarching ideal (‘freedom from tyranny’, for example) and the truth of its origin.”⁣⁣
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“I cannot, with any integrity, celebrate the America that existed in 1776.”⁣⁣
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“In these moments I think of my Grandfather, John Sloan Sr. — a Purple Heart Tuskegee Airman. ‘We volunteered’ he said, ‘because we thought that if we proved ourselves…there would be no way they could deny us our rights when we came home. You know what? We were wrong.’ He could have left it at that, allowing his fifteen-year-old grandson to carry a diminished idea of the nation he had fought to defend. But that wasn’t my grandfather. ‘America,’ he continued ‘isn’t the land, it’s an idea. It’s a glorious experiment that seeks to prove one truth: Everyone has rights, and Everyone is equal.’”⁣⁣
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“... when I celebrate a national holiday, I will fight to rejoice in the journey that is the idea, even while bearing with the wounds that its implementation has sought to create.” ⁣⁣
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Thank you to Mr. Sloan and Dr. Kendi and to all the courageous individuals and patriots on this day who continue to fight for our collective freedom and a liberated American future.⁣⁣
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🎥: From @npr, inspired by @we.are.whitmanalabama

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