For Immediate Release
Jan. 6, 2022
Washington D.C.– The UndocuBlack Network today remembers the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The UndocuBlack Network team issued the following statement:
“Jan 6,2021 was a stark reminder of the lengths white supremacists will go to maintain power and control. It was also a warning for elected leaders that regardless of political party, they must advance truth and justice, rather than peddling lies and misinformation.
“The occupation of the U.S. Capitol was a low point in American democracy. All elected leaders must come together to ensure accountability for all persons who entered the Capitol building, bringing mayhem and fear across the country. On the day of the white hate insurrection, Black and brown communities were left terrified of the streets of Washington, DC. As UndocuBlack we spent the day making sure our members got car services to take them safely home from work and school.
“Inflicting terror and fear was the goal of the White hate insurrection as it always has been, from Klan parades in white sheets to burning churches---and still our people mustered up a continuous courage to keep fighting against hate.”
“We must also tap into the courage of our ancestors that fought tooth and nail in the face of lynchings, beatings, enslavement, burning crosses, terrorist bombings of our sacred places of worship and neighborhoods. We jumped into the sea, dug tunnels, and revolted across plantations around the world.”
“We fought Like hell then, we will fight now, we will fight always.”
“It is not lost on Black undocumented folks, that the people who stormed the Capitol, and their apologists, are the same people challenging humane immigration policies. But hate should never be coddled and allowed to fester.”
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