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Photo by: Gordon Parks, “Untitled, Harlem, New York,” 1947… Courtesy of and copyright the Gordon Parks Foundation.

This is a photo of institutional racism. The confusion on this boy’s face is the result of Institutional Racism. He chooses the White doll over the Black doll every time to a host of questions that pointed out the White doll being more acceptable and more pretty in life than the Black doll, except for ugliness and bad things. Ugliness and bad things were the only times when the Black children, in this experiment, pointed at the Black doll.

The first tweet says “Defund the police? Here’s an example that you’re benefitting from right now. 1/9”. It features a picture of the Freedom House Ambulance Services, the group discussed in this thread.

The second tweet says “Until the 70s, ambulance services were generally run by local police and fire departments. There was no law requiring medical training beyond basic first-aid and in many cases the assignment of ambulance duty was used as a form of punishment. 2/9.”

The third tweet says “As you can imagine, throwing people with medical emergencies in the back of a paddy wagon produced less-than-spectacular health outcomes. Now imagine how much worse it became when disgruntled white police officers were demoted to ambulance duty in black neighborhoods. 3/9.” It shows a picture of one of the police cars used for ambulances, which resembles modern police cars though with the style of older cars, and says “paddy wagon” on it.

The fourth tweet says “The response was so problematic that, in 1967, black leaders in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, created Freedom House Ambulance Services, and approached Peter Safar, a doctor at the University of Pittsburgh who had lost his 12 year old daughter to an acute asthma crisis. 4/9.” It shows a picture of the members of the FHAS standing together with Peter Safar.

The fifth tweet says “With a shared purpose of improving emergency response services, Safar trained 25 black men from that neglected community– many of whom did not have a high school diploma– as emergency medical technicians trained in this new skill called ‘CPR’. 5/9.” It shows a picture of a few FHAS members standing at the back of one of their ambulances.

The sixth tweet says “With two donated police vehicles, Freedom House Ambulance Services began to save lives at such a rate, that they became the gold standard for emergency response training in the US and the model for EMTs we now take for granted in every community. 6/9.”

The seventh tweet says “Freedom House paramedics were so dynamic in their ability to respond to the critically ill that the Pittsburgh Police often called them for high-acuity cases in white neighborhoods. 7/9.” It shows a picture of FHAS responders helping a white patient.

The eighth tweet says “Despite the success of FHAS, police and fire departments resisted retraining their personnel, so the city reallocated funds to create a separate EMT service. (A new mayor cut funding to FHAS in 1975 and seized their assets, but that’s another story). 8/9.”

The final tweet says “When people think defunding the police will lead to anarchy, they’re not understanding that change rarely happens from within, and that resources reallocated to community-based services can not only improve neglected neighborhoods, but create innovations that help us all. 9/9.”

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Not that I’m into this whole anarchy is a bad thing because it wasn’t meant to be, it was meant as a fck you to shitty government.

The Cambridge academic Robin Bunce said: “There is a fundamental danger of erasing the very notion of a struggle at all. I’ve been researching this for four and a half years and there have been so many occasions when people have said to me: ‘There was no black struggle in Britain. You’re thinking of South Africa or America.’“

The narrative that feeds it is the one that Britain is the utopia of fair play. We have such a commitment to individual rights, we have such a commitment to common sense and decency that there is no systematic racism in Britain.”…

Today in Black Excellence: Shirley Chisholm, the first African American—and the first woman—to seek nomination for President.

“I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of The United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.”

—Shirley Chisholm

Chisholm wanted to be remembered as a “catalyst for change.” What did she do?

Shirley Anita Chisholm was a politician, educator, and writer. There would be no Barack Obama or Kamala Harris without her—she was a trailblazer in every sense of the word.

Citing her “double-handicap” of being a Black woman, Chisholm initially rejected a political career but became increasingly engaged in fighting racial and gender inequality. She eventually joined the Democratic Party in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, winning a seat in the United States Congress in 1968, and becoming the first Black woman to do so.

What did she achieve in politics?

With a seat at the table, “Fighting Shirley” introduced over 50 pieces of legislation on behalf of the poor, protesting racial and gender inequality. She became a fierce critic of the Vietnam War when opposition to the war was considered radical. Her outspoken assault on injustice earned her few friends in the white political establishment.

While campaigning for the 1972 primaries, Chisholm was allowed only one speech in televised debates and was otherwise blocked from participation. Despite this, students, women, and minorities proved loyal supporters: In 12 primaries, she garnered 152 (10%) of delegates’ votes, despite a poorly financed campaign and widespread political hostility.

The 1972 primaries also displayed her remarkable character, when she chose to visit racist and segregationist Governor George Wallace of Alabama in hospital after a failed assassination attempt.

After retiring from Congress in 1983, Chisholm taught at Mount Holyoke College and co-founded the National Political Congress of Black Women.

Original portrait by Tumblr Creatr @banana-peppers

“It was an honor to create a piece celebrating Shirley Chisholm. She was the first Black woman elected to Congress and to seek a major party nomination for presidency. Her trailblazing career is truly inspiring and I wanted to capture her power, her bravery and her magic. Her motto Unbought and Unbossed implores us to forge our own path no matter what obstacles try to stand in our way."

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