Re: The tornado path in #StLouis Missouri so-called USA. #STL is a very racially segregated city, due to the history of chattel slavery during and post-Indigenous genocide and westward expansion of the settler state. These neighborhoods that the tornado hit are mostly Black and very materially neglected and deprived by the systems that exist. The area is largely out of internet access now, as well.
Learn a bit more: https://web.archive.org/web/20250410145531/https://www.mohumanities.org/redlined-observations-on-black-migration-in-st-louis/
Or a lot more: https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=126145B96186DF7539D4615F11B6F3A7
All that to say. These communities are in a lot of need right now. People are missing, hurt, and without shelter and food. Here are some opportunities for #directaid:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rubys-family-rebuild-after-tornado-devastation
