“This myth that the indigenous welcomed their colonizers with open arms and ears of corn, a simplistic fairy tale interpretation of a 1621 encounter between indigenous tribes and English settlers that erases the genocide that followed.” – Joy Reid

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“And when those humans in bondage were finally free, a terrorist organization that was a card carrying member of polite society, the Ku Klux Klan (Founded by Democrats), picked up with a Civil War ended using violence to maintain white supremacy.” – Joy Reid

This piece was written by Red Voice Media on November 24, 2022. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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