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@digitalscorpyun.bsky.social

5 months ago

The helping hand wore a wire. As #Morey shows, charity became a policing interface—mapping, monitoring, and managing Black life under the banner of “uplift.” Aspiration was flagged as threat.
#WhitePhilanthropy #SurveillanceState

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@digitalscorpyun.bsky.social

6 months ago

During the steel sale (1901): Bertram witnessed Carnegie's $480 million windfall (≈$15B today) extracted from racialized labor (Black steelworkers were paid 40% less than whites). This loot would fund projects to "govern and control" Black populations.

#whitephilanthropy #americandilemma