[Lekooks] BLM Learn & Take Action Dec. 2020 #1

[Ginger G]

Black Lives Matter - Learn & Take Action for December 2020 #1
LEARN – “You are a SOCIALIST!” is arguably the most derogatory slur conservatives can give progressives. This harkens back to the suppression of Blacks from a century and a half ago when rich white landowners didn’t want Black men to vote. Socialism being equated with something awful is racism. Read about socialism and Black suppression in history HERE <http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/how-internal-racism-and-external-disinformation-campaigns-turn-us-against-each-other/>. 

For a deeper dive into the correlation between being accused of being socialist and racism, listen to Heather Cox Richardson on Nov. 19, 2020 HERE <https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/videos/1607776152739832>. If you want to listen for less than an hour, begin at 54:00. Then if you are learning and want to hear more, start at the beginning. (Follow historian Dr. Heather Cox Richardson on Facebook)

TAKE ACTION – Write physical letters this holiday season, purchase stamps that represent Blacks <https://store.usps.com/store/results/stamps/black-history/_/N-9y93lvZ1l6udzk?Nrpp=18>, and support the US Postal Service. The recent slow down of the postal service before the election and the attempt to begin to privatize it is likely racist, as over 20% of USPS workers are Black.

Not sending out cards this year? Respond with a personal note to the sender of the holiday cards you receive. What a gift to your friend/relative! Your support of the USPS will help. Read about Write Black Love Letters HERE <https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/black-lives-matter-letters-usps-campaign/>.

Ginger Goral, Social Justice committee, Lake Country Unitarian Universalist Church, lcuuc.org <http://lcuuc.org/>
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