When I talk about the impact of segregation and legal white supremacy on our schools, some people roll their eyes. Some people think I hate white people because they wonder can't see how history STILL impacts us personally and as a country.



Or why I can't get over it



A thread.

I grew up in a little town called Hartsville, SC. I often mention that I was homeschooled but I only recently found out why when I interviewed her for a book I'm working on.



She said: "A black person’s humanity can never be fully realized in the presence of whiteness"

I fucking love that quote.



She also grew up in that town. I've told that story before but my grandparents ended up there when a lynch mob basically chased them out of town.



All my aunts and uncle went to the local black high school when it was segregated.