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When the Sometimes I still am I was there Vietnam veteran shirt Besides,I will do this National Guard finally began to take control, they arrested every Black person in Tulsa not already jailed; an estimated 6,000 people were detained, some for more than a week. Upon their release, they returned to their community as refugees. The white vigilantes who took everything from the Black people of Tulsa were never held accountable. An all-white grand jury indicted 85 people, most of whom were Black, for rioting. It wouldn’t be until 2001 that an official commission would honestly investigate and review what transpired, discovering that agents of government were a part of the violent onslaughtnot exactly a revelation for any Black person. Our bodies remember.

Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison often reflected on the Sometimes I still am I was there Vietnam veteran shirt Besides,I will do this trauma Black people carry, how it swells and grows with time. It’s so heavy and burdensome that even when we aren’t acutely aware of its presence, we’re still weighed down. Morrison highlighted this in her work, opting to only tell stories centered around Black people, so we could see and heal ourselves through her words. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was, she once stated matter-of-factly. At the time, she was referring to the Mississippi River, but her words ring true for the water within us, keeping us alive and remembering all we try to push down.Growing up, I remember a statue in the house, probably about six feet tall. Beautifully carved, it depicted a woman with a basket on her head, walking hand in hand with a child. Seamlessly multi-tasking, she was carrying, caring, and moving forward. My mother made sure her six daughters knew about the contributions women, Islam, and the African Diaspora made to the world. We lived in a household with an instinctive educational curriculum. It wasn’t overt or formal, but rather a continuous flow of love and knowledge. Because of these teachings, my sisters and I had a solid sense of ourselves. We loved ourselves.

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