social-justicehistoryindividual-responsibility
“Garfield said, and I quote, 'the 15th Amendment confers upon the African race the care of its own destiny. It places their fortunes in their own hands.' So if they're being lynched, it's their own fault. Basically.”
This shockingly victim-blaming statement from a future president reveals a prevalent, dangerous ideology of individual responsibility ignoring systemic violence.
Tom Holland
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