Black People : Black Pride

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Pride in America cannot only be certain brand of white man's pride or else it's a lie​

The demand that we be proud to be American has long served as a weapon, even when the vision of what we should be proud of has been solely white.


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From left, the Grand Dragon of the Michigan Klu Klux Klan and the National Grand Wizard, from right, wave the
Confederate and US flags while Cleveland police officers provide a barrier between the stage and assembled
protesters during a KKK rally, in downtown Cleveland on Aug. 21, 1999.David Maxwel / AFP - Getty Images file

Oct. 11, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT
By Gerard Bush

"...Pride: It is a funny word, and one that can often keep us tethered to a vicious and durable lie. And the idea of — and demand for — pride in this country has for too long served as a weapon, an illusion to which we can fly our flags and puff out our chest as citizens standing atop the shiny city on the hill.

Pride keeps us dancing a jig, to demonstrate our unbending commitment to its rule. Question whether America was ever not-great, and find yourself on the receiving end of cascading Twitter vitriol — or worse. Bend the knee in protest, and they will take a pound of flesh..."


 

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