Tag Archives: Jim Crow

Our Political Climate Makes More Sense When You Remember That Most of These People Are Still Alive… And Voting.

Posted on August 7, 2018 by theboeskool

In 1955, after allegedly whistling at a white woman, 14 year old Emmett Till was lynched. He was dragged from his relative’s home in Money, Mississippi in the middle of the night by two armed white men, beaten and tortured, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Bigotry, Civil Rights Photos, Dave Chappelle, Elizabeth Eckford, Emmett Till, Emmett Till Historical Marker, Emmett Till Interpretive Center, Jim Crow, Keith Boykin, Lynching, Nashville Sit-Ins, Racism, Racist Signs, Robert Fields, Very Fine People, Woodlawn Boycott | 1 Comment

“Stand Your Ground” Laws Are Simply Legalized Lynchings

Posted on July 23, 2018 by theboeskool

That’s what they are… They are laws designed to make it legal for white people to kill black folks when those white people feel threatened… And there are few things more threatening to white people than Blackness. It happened when … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Black Lives Matter, Britany Jacobs, George Zimmerman, Jim Crow, Justice, Legality is a matter of power not justice, Legality versus Justice, Markeis McGlockton, Michael Drejka, Stand Your Ground, Stand Your Ground Laws, Trayvon Martin, Urban Institute, Weaponized Blackness | Leave a comment

If You’re Black, “Standing Your Ground” Will Get You 20 Years

Posted on July 12, 2013 by theboeskool

This will be short, but I’ve got to write it. I’m white. At least that’s the box I have to check when I’m filling out forms. And you know what’s awesome about being white…. Other than just about everything? Being … Continue reading →