Not the Only One

James H. Meredith, who in 1962 became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi, is shot by a sniper shortly after beginning a lone civil rights march through the South. Known as the “March Against Fear,” Meredith had been walking from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, in an attempt to encourage voter registration by African Americans in the South.

The presenter immediately launched into it being a matter of mobility scooter users "needing training" so I almost shut it right down, but luckily as you get into the on-the-street interviews, folks are pointing out that #ableism plays a part (not enough curbcuts, abled folks not really making room for mobility aid users). But then it goes back to the presenter who once more makes it all about disabled people somehow not knowing how to drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xmI8cXW-fg #Disability

Ten months after a homophobic attack at a Sunday morning market, Borna questions if Australia is 'open-minded' By Alexander Lewis Borna was punched in the face and kicked in the stomach by a couple with a small baby in the car park of a Sunday market in Sydney. The homophobic attack has left the Iranian refugee questioning if he is safe in Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-14/nsw-sydney-parklea-markets-gay-homophobic-attack-court/103975496

A Fulbright scholar. A Ph.D. student at Tufts. A Turkish citizen. Rumeysa Öztürk was forcibly taken by masked officers in the U.S.—after Zionist lobbies targeted her for supporting Palestine. Her crime? Peaceful protest. Her punishment? Disappearance. Share her story. hashtag#WhereIsRumeysa hashtag#humanrights hashtag#us hashtag#humanity hashtag#freepalestine

Many powerful books written by FNBPOC such as @NyadolNyuon @clairegcoleman #NgyuenTienHoang have been written WHILE ENDURING persecution & trauma. The book should already be better for even existing.

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