Not only that! It was proven that the people who lived there were middle class people, with good jobs and great communities. The area was even multicultural and people of different races attended school and church together, which was unheard of anywhere else in America at the time! But the upper class of Manhatten still wanted their park. VOX made a super informative video on the subject, which I recomend everyone to watch:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HdsWYOZ8iqM
Seneca Village. Ever heard of it? Probably not, because now it’s known as Central Park. 200 some odd years ago, freed African American slaves FINALLY got land of their own. They built schools, churches, parks for children, and it was quite the thriving little community. Until it was bulldozed. Houses destroyed, community ripped to shreds, churches/schools demolished. To make a park. How I never learned about this ridiculous shit in school is beyond me.
Why the HELL do you think the recurring message of immigrants being the lifeblood of the nation was so prominent? Why do you think they consistently brought up racism and being against slavery, why do you think every single racist white founding father was played by a person of color?
Like seriously, the entire reason the musical was made was for POC to see themselves on stage and to see THEMSELVES in the place of old racist white guys. The message was that America was built by immigrants and people of color.
Both fans and people who hate this musical just completely missed the entire point, and that is a goddamn shame because it really is a good musical if you have the audacity to *gasp* understand that things are not Exactly What is On The Package? Perhaps?
Or even perhaps actually listen to the musical instead of parroting some white person trying to grab at woke points? Maybe?
(white people please reblog this but if you clown in the tags I will fucking steal your knees. Not your kneecaps, your knees)
Me: I feel like my blog is really lacking something
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Me: oh yeah. followers.
Moodboard for SSR Agent Daisy Johnson
Protests in Norway
Photos from the protests in Bergen and Oslo. We stand together ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum
People remembered to wear their facemasks and keep their distance as much as possible, so that Norway could continue the incredible low amount of people who are sick with covid-19.
Photo: Tinashe Williamson (Private)
Norwegian celebrity Tinashe Williamson was moved to tears by the support. «I’m proud to be Norwegian» she said, as she protested with her daughter (10) and thousands of others in Oslo.
Photo: Odin Jæger
Photo: Odin Jæger
Photo: Mattis Sandland
Thousands gathered outside the parlament building in Oslo, despite the government saying that no more than 50 people could come to the protest.
Photo: Bård Bøe
Heritier Victorious Kisamu (6) was the first to go down on one knee in Bergen. Soon the rest of the protestors joined him to show their support for Black Lives Matter.
Tu vas aller le voir - Honey by Eddy de Pretto
I think it means: You will go see him
your last words before you die are the 3rd line of the last song you listened to. what are we saying ladies?
“I always remember having this fight with a random dude who claimed that ‘straight white men’ were the only true innovators. His prime example for this was the computer… the computer… THE COMPUTER!!! THE COM-PU-TER!!!
Alan Turing - Gay man and ‘father of computing’ Wren operating Bombe - The code cracking computers of the 2nd world war were entirely run by women Katherine Johnson - African American NASA mathematician and ‘Human computer’ Ada Lovelace - arguably the 1st computer programmer”
- Sacha Coward
Also Margaret Hamilton - NASA computer scientist who put the first man on the moon - an as-yet-unmatched feet of software engineering, here pictured beside the full source of that computer programme. #myhero
Grace Hopper - the woman that coined the term “bug”
- @robinlayfield
Klaus Hargreeves ~ Number Four ~ the Seance
The deserved better Squad:
The I wish I could have seen more of your character but I don’t really mind that you died squad:
And the I hope you never ever show your face her again or so God Help me Squad:
You know when Norway tecnically won Eurovision 2019, but then we didn’t? Yeah, that sucks!
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