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In 1910, black sailors of the…

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021Weirdo

In 1910, black sailors of the Brazilian navy mutinied and gained control of all of Brazil’s large battleships. They then used the threat of bombarding Rio de Janeiro to successfully force the abolition of the slavery-like conditions they suffered under in the navy.

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During the Cold War, the Icelandic…

June 7, 2021Weirdo

During the Cold War, the Icelandic government imposed a ban on black US soldiers on its US base for the purposes of “protecting” Icelandic women and preserve a homogeneous “national body.”

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In 1924, a Chinese-American named Ben Fee…

October 7, 2020Weirdo

In 1924, a Chinese-American named Ben Fee was refused service at a San Francisco restaurant. He returned the next day with 10 white friends who each ordered the most expensive dish. Fee was again refused service. He then “confronted” his friends. They walked out, leaving the food unpaid for.

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The Catholic Church closed a Louisiana…

June 20, 2020Weirdo

The Catholic Church closed a Louisiana parish in 1955 after its members refused to let a black priest be assigned to it.

A few local Catholics sent a petition to Pope Pius XII, requesting a papal decree supporting segregation. The papacy responded by describing racism as a major evil.

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After returning from WWII, over…

January 20, 2020Weirdo

After returning from WWII, over 1 million black americans were denied the benefits of the GI bill for free education and low rate home loans.

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150k+ First Nation kids…

July 3, 2019Weirdo

150k+ First Nation kids were removed from their homes, over a span of 100 years, in order to “get rid of the Indian problem in Canada”.

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In 1959 a white man from…

June 22, 2019Weirdo

In 1959 a white man from Texas disguised himself as a black man and traveled for six weeks on greyhound buses. After publishing his experiences with racism he was forced to move to Mexico for several years due to death threats.

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Up to 25 percent of cowboys…

August 10, 2018Weirdo

Up to 25 percent of cowboys in the West during the later 19th century were black. Former slaves or born into a formerly enslaved family, they worked in an industry that despite facing inevitable racism was a generally less discriminatory than other industries at the time.

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Martin Luther King Jr….

April 10, 2018Weirdo

Martin Luther King Jr. said he experienced far more hatred in Chicago than he ever did in Alabama or Mississippi. King took part of the Chicago Housing Movement in August 1966 with thousands of local whites jeering, throwing bricks, and displaying Confederate and Nazi signs all over the city.

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Black people in ancient Rome were not discriminated…

July 10, 2017Weirdo

Black people in ancient Rome were not discriminated against because of their skin color or physical features. They were not excluded from any profession and there was no stigma against mixed race relationships. Classical writers did not attach social status or degree of humanity to skin color.

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