15 Incidents That Reminded Us of Jim Crow Racist Violence
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 10, 2025
Every time a slavery-set film like “Sinners” hits the screen, Black folks are inevitably pulled in two directions: a necessary reckoning with our history and a painful confrontation with how that history continues to bleed into our present, fueling a chilling, subconscious awareness of racist violence.
It’s a pattern that repeats itself with agonizing regularity. Each time we see an unarmed Black man fall victim to police brutality, each time we witness a Black person targeted by racist vigilantes, and each time a crime that reeks of hate goes inexplicably unclassified as such, we are . . .
