This will be like my journal...in a way that i will not put anything to personal but it will mostly be about my feelings and interests.
i will be a place to clear my thoughts but with lots of pictures.
In 1917, the Third Battalion of the 24th United States Infantry, a predominantly black unit was assigned to guard the Camp Logan in Houston, Texas during its construction shortly after the United States entered World War I.
“The sight of Black men wearing uniforms and carrying guns incensed white residents.Many Houstonians were concerned that if the Black soldiers were shown the same respects as white soldiers, Black residents might come to expect similar treatment. The soldiers themselves were angered by the “Whites Only” signs, being called the n-word by white Houstonians, and streetcar conductors demanding they sit in the rear.”
On August 23, 1917, the soldiers, tired of the Jim Crow laws and police harassment/abuse, revolted. 16 whites died, including 5 policemen, with 4 soldiers also killed. It was one of the only riots in U.S. history in which more whites died than Black people.
A total of 118 enlisted black soldiers were indicted, with 110 found guilty. Nineteen black men were executed by hanging and fifty-three received life sentences.
I want to use this post to clear something up. When I talk about toxic masculinity it always causes a big backlash, and I’ve noticed it’s mainly because men don’t know what it means. When I say I hate toxic masculinity, I do not mean that I hate that you’re a man or that I hate masculinity.
Toxic masculinity is THIS. Toxic masculinity is when men reinforce the idea that men should suppress and ignore softer displays of emotions that are associated with women. Toxic masculinity is reinforcing the fear of physical affection between men because it makes them appear too feminine or even ‘homosexual’.
It has to stop. Let men cry. Let men hold each other. Stop perceiving things that are ‘feminine’ as weak because outing your emotions is not weakness, it’s strength.
