This photograph is by Gordon Parks from a group of photos he took in 1956, mostly in Alabama, I think. They're phenomenal. I've only seen a few. I'd love to see the entire group. And please, we cannot go back.
I'm an old White man who grew up in this era. My mom took me to the Texas state fair when I was 6. I came upon 2 water fountains. 1 said colored so I ran for that one. My mom stopped me and told me to drink from the other."Mom, I just want to see what color it is." I didn't get it for 2 more years.
I think Caucasian ppl in this country are going to have to experience not being valued or respected by their government. They need to feel what that feels like. I'm afraid that might be needed to break the spell of white privilege. I don't want my kids to be in danger, but I fear we have to go thru.
The title of this #photo is "Department Store, Mobile, Alabama" (1956) by the incomparable Gordon Parks. Parks was the first black person hired as a staff #photographer at LIFE magazine & also directed the 1971 film "SHAFT". Check out his archive here:
thank you for the source. it's one of those images so staggeringly unbelievable in the modern era that you look at it and think it might even be AI generated by trolls.
Thankfully, I received the most of my education before the internet took over from getting on a bus to go to my university library to conduct research & obtain more knowledge. Google can be a great assistance to research, but "hardcopy" archives are indispensable in establishing fact-based evidence.
If you scroll down the Gordon Parks #photography archive page, you can click on an individual photo to open up additional photos from the same project... ie. 1956's "Segregation In The South" where the original photo is part of a larger photo essay.
Well that's why they won't help the working class because they don't wanna open the door to people of color. 🤷♂️ they only wanna help one group & push out the rest.
I just finished reading this story. It's very sad and everything about it is wrong. I'll never understand how people are treated so despicably, just because of the color of their skin.
There are some pretty awful ones. I'm shocked at how many. I guess we have to keep in mind that there are more good people. Unfortunately the bad ones get amplified.
It wasn't confined to the South, either, like many people believed. My aunt told me how she remembered signs saying "No Indians" in our area (up north near the Canadian border) during the Jim Crow era.
They want it back. And it break America.
#saynotosegregation
A woman with the elegance and dignity of a Michelle Obama. No wonder people with the corpulence and kompromat of the Republican Party feel threatened to act.
They actually think that’s a viable option for us. In their minds they think/thought that we (black folks) were just going back to work the fields to replace all the Latinos who were deported…(“black jobs”)
They want kids to "teach them life lessons" or whatever. They don't even want BIPOC. In Montana, I've seen signs saying "don't hire indians" (ie natives) within the last 5 years.
They'll go bankrupt, and I'm here for it.
But I do wanna go back to the dresses 👗. Edit the sign out of the picture and these are beautiful people. My mother’s wardrobe used to be smaller but more elegant.
When I was a kid in the 70’s, could still make the signs out under the white wash above the restrooms on the right side of the Hall of State Building at the State Fair of Texas. Feels like yesterday.
They are wearing colors👍 OH I see an entrance for color people....no sorry we are ALL God's people no matter what Color & I don't see color I see people!!!
white people are ass holes and it always WAS a whites only restaurant. They just lie and pretend that because the whites only sign isn't there they can pretend they are not not sees. It would be better they not mislead and give each other the hitler salute so we under stand it better.
Shame on AmeriKKKa. Shame on all who support the fascist (mostly)white, (mostly)male bullies who want to force oppression on the rest of us by committing human rights atrocities, by erasing the accomplishments & rights of non-white people. #Wearenotgoingback #notmypresident #notmygovernment
I don't know whether this is inappropriate or not considering what the post is actually about but her sense of style and dress are so impeccable, is it 50's fashion?
PS This DEMOCRACY rating for the USA is Biden's number. Trump's will likely fall considerably just like his freedom score. The US was ranked 15th under Biden for Freedom & 26th during Trump's 1st term. We've🇨🇦 been 5th for a long time.
Look how lovely those people are! I lived in the south then. I heard all kinds of excuses, I didn't accept it then. And I was a military brat, I left the south, and went straight into desegregated military schools overseas. By the time I came back, segregation of schools was over, sorta, right?
"Humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms."
Janaya Khan played a clip on a more recent episode of Dark Woke touching on this issue. Speakers on another podcast or show of some sort said bring it back! So they would know who subscribed to this thinking. Bring back the signs and put it out there. No more hiding.
Khan joked about letting certain whites apply to join the black/BIPOC spaces, saying the Irish and Italians should be able to join at the very least. As an Irish American, I agree. I would much prefer to be on the right side, rather than the white side. I wanna know what businesses not to patron.
I saw someone on here a while back who wants this back and not for the reason you think.
They wanted it back so they knew where they were wanted and where they weren’t. Personally, it’s great way to identify places I WILL NOT SPEND A PENNY. If you’re a racist POS, you get nothing from me!! 🤬
My girlfriend and I are in an interracial relationship. I cannot fucking imagine this day and age we would be arrested for the crime of two consent adult human beings in love.
Call for arrests. Together BlueSky warriors have mad real world impact.
The media is caving
The congress is caving
The Senate caved
The lawyers are caving
The only ones who will protect us is you, me & anyone we cab reach, to stand united and demand ARRESTS.
I drove by one of our churches this morning. They put their Black Lies Matter banner back up with their rainbow one. Its nicest see an old church with a lit if old people be progressive
that’s putting it lightly. no human being should be demeaned in that way. but also, no human being should be allowed to exude that much class all at once.
Every day get loud, show up and every day call your reps and
Mike Johnson (202) 225-2777
John Thune (202) 224-2321
Chuck Schumer (202) 224-6542
Hakeem Jefferies (202) 225-5936
Call for impeachment or treason charges. Use 5calls.org if you need help.
Then, for the love of G-d, I urge everyone, do not vote for these fascists, anywhere, on any ticket, not for president, not for dog catcher. If there is an R by the name, remember it stands for racist. This started local.
We will not. I refuse to participate in any of their bullshit and if anyone impacted doesn't want to fight it themselves they are welcome to stand behind me as I beat the piss out of anyone who tries. If you wanna start that yourself or just join in I won't stop any of you.
ANY volume of racism around me will be considered by me to be a willing and consenting abandonment of the racist's own autonomy and I WILL act accordingly.
You shouldn’t have to go back. On behalf of white non-white supremacists everywhere, we seriously apologize for this last bit of dying white supremacy breath. I hate it for every single one of my black friends, and all black US citizens.
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Evil people can be innovative unfortunately
When I asked my dad about it he simply said stupid people work there so we will keep going and find another gas station or restaurant as the case was.
Can you blame them?
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Because, fuck that.
https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/photography-archive
And also, what a photo. Truly remarkable.
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a38269023/life-magazine-gordon-parks-photo-true-story-shirley-allie-lee-causey/
"Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere" Martin Luther King Jr.
The #KKK #Nazis are in the White House being led by #PutinsPuppet and they are doing a #Blitzkrieg on our government agencies.
Make Republicans in Congress fear their constituents more than Trump.
#resist
They want it back. And it break America.
#saynotosegregation
Signs of the times
Oh, America. 😔
They'll go bankrupt, and I'm here for it.
The color fidelity is amazing for a picture of that era, and the composition feels like an Edward Hopper painting.
Then add the whole Nazi Germany vibe to the mix.
Signs of the times
I'll just say I'm standing my ground.
It wasn't great for my ancestors and their communities! It was a dangerous time to be anything other than a straight, white man.
I don't know whether this is inappropriate or not considering what the post is actually about but her sense of style and dress are so impeccable, is it 50's fashion?
The Democrat states should become independent Nations and form a Union like the EU with us🇨🇦.
Stop letting the MAGAts hold you back. Let's form a Union for REAL FREEDOM for ALL & TRUE DEMOCRACY.
They're too stupid to realize there's no such thing as a pure white race.
We're all connected, thanks to their own forefathers.
We will never go back
Even if they want to
except for the vile neon sign.
#Resist
And, they want to force me back to 1938. They think Canadians will welcome Nazis just like the Austrians supposedly did.
None of us are going back.
They wanted it back so they knew where they were wanted and where they weren’t. Personally, it’s great way to identify places I WILL NOT SPEND A PENNY. If you’re a racist POS, you get nothing from me!! 🤬
Unthinkable
The media is caving
The congress is caving
The Senate caved
The lawyers are caving
The only ones who will protect us is you, me & anyone we cab reach, to stand united and demand ARRESTS.
Make
Apartheid
Great
Again
hats.
The signs were emblematic of southern discrimination. Executive orders banning DEI is ending equity programs for many groups nationally even in NYC.
Slogans are cute.
Action is what counts!
Mike Johnson (202) 225-2777
John Thune (202) 224-2321
Chuck Schumer (202) 224-6542
Hakeem Jefferies (202) 225-5936
Call for impeachment or treason charges. Use 5calls.org if you need help.
Please. If they all disappeared tomorrow, no one would miss them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGG8PVEKcU