I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.
Frederick Douglass “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro” (one day, maybe today I’ll write my own “The Meaning of July 4th to this Puerto Rican).  (via latinegrasexologist)
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Posted on Wednesday, 4 July
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Source: Frederick Douglass “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro” (one day, maybe today I’ll write my own “The Meaning of July 4th to this Puerto Rican).  (via latinegrasexologist)
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