“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
“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 [1] and is used by permission.