#Slavery

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

America's history has been intentionally and maliciously scrubbed clean of ugly, necessary truths.Let's talk about the Civil War, the Confederacy, Lincoln, and why certain truths have been hidden.Here's what I

I too am a Black-passing Latina

InADash

So I am reading this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/oregon-cares-fund-lawsuit.html?referringSource=articleShare & see this: "But now millions of dollars in grants are on hold after one Mexican-American and two white

Jacob Naish

munchenbikkies

Stolen from Greenland (A thread).A short-story about historic injustice and it’s ongoing relevance. In 1951, 22 children from Greenland were taken as part of a social experiment, to be schooled

Louise Perry

Louise_m_perry

A gift guide in the Guardian today recommends 'Me and White Supremacy' by Layla F Saad, "a Twitter thread-become-bestseller in the form of a therapy workbook with journalling prompts to

Ryan Akers

BandmanRyanA

Something I struggle with: There are those who would erase any good done by men like John Lewis, on account of his support of abortion.There are those who would erase

❄ winter chai witch 🍵 @ ffxiv + 原神 + 明日方舟

bloomfilters

i think this gets at the core of how social-reproductive labour has historically differed btwn cultures of cis & trans women. the former primarily within the private household, while the

Jennifer S. Hyk 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏴💙🌎

JenHyk

My 1st-grader came home with some real un-American commie stuff today, @govkristinoem @KristiNoem. A thread on the indoctrination that Scholastic forces on K-12 public schoolchildren: 1/ They missed an opportunity

Dr William Lopez

lopez_wd

Ok, I see we are still talking about vaccines & the Tuskegee Syphilis Study...YES, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was HORRIFIC, and public health/medical professionals should CONTINUE to atone for our

Lawrence Glickman

LarryGlickman

I’m not a historian of fascism but the idea that we shouldn’t use the term because it only makes sense in the context of its origins seems like an overly

David Toube

ToubeDavid

This remarkable report by the BBC reveals the extent to which China uses Uyghur slave labour in order to pick and process cotton. Is there a more resonant reminder of

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/14) This election proves the need for a right to vote (2/14) America needs an absolute right to vote, like most other major democracies. (3/14) One legacy of slavery is

Rabbi Michael Adam Latz #BlackLivesMatter

RavMABAY

Tucked away into the Midrash from nearly 2,000 years ago is the story of Miriam. The rabbis teach that on the night the Israelite slaves were gathering their belongings to

ru black?

bedtimelit

let’s talk about aave aave/bev as “african” “american” vernacular “english”, as black english vernacular. specific dialects or habits of speaking the genocidal language of english, as constructed by, produced by

Anti.Anaesthetic ☭📉

Cosmoproletan

It’s important that we understand the establishment of the United States with its declarations of natural liberty as the creation of a “republican tyranny”, a system in which the absolute

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) All of us are disgusted & fed up with the Republican Party (except a few perpetual grifters in DC).2) There are calls for a new "Patriot" or "MAGA" Party.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

viet_t_nguyen

Were the LA riots an outcome of white supremacy?Yes.Why are Black communities segregated in LA? Look at the history of redlining and racial covenants that kept them out of white

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