#Power

Unpopular opinion: when most of you discuss white women wrt slavery, you don’t get it. It’s not that white women had loads of power (which you all claim), it’s that
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Remember that the three-fifths compromise wasn't a compromise about the rights of enslaved people—enslaved people were considered zero fifths of a person under it, not three. It was about how
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I actually agree with him cause I always thought it was annoying af that parents want you to do everything on THEIR time when it doesn't make a difference if
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I've been thinking about how the way we frame situations determines the tone of ARMY twit and how a negative, ARMY focused tone has come to be the norm as
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Remember when Germans hated their leadership so much that they ran to Hitler thinking “He’s gotta be better than the other guy!” If memory serves me correctly, he wasn’t. And
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The "soft power" glues of Bollywood and cricket that were the only shared contemporary popular culture of the diverse peoples of India have already started to come unstuck under steady
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You can not separate racism from all the horrors people are experiencing in this moment because racism is the entire reason Trump was elected and allowed to stay in power
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I am not a fan of Indira. Infact I oppose her later period in power. But yes, she has been the only PM of India who never gave in to
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reverse racism: a thread tl;dr white people can experience discrimination and prejudice but not racism (they’re not the same thing and i’ll explain it for u) so lemme start w
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How fast or who should be nominated for SCOTUS is important discussion point, agreed. It will play out; likely in favor of Trump securing McConnell’s pick (anyone who thinks Trump
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When did the Tories stop loving left-wing comedy?In the 1980s, when I was writing for Spitting Image, they loved it. Couldn't get enough of it. What did they care? They
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I wonder who died and told Nigerians that we can only progress individually, and not as a collective. People go abroad and come back to complain about Nigeria, or boast
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Architecture is a reflection of what people worship. Here are a few examples.Communist Russia: equality, socialism Imperial Russian: Christian faith, power, wealth Ancient Greece: Democracy, greek gods Nazi Germany: Power,
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Join us today – #IndigenousLiteracyDay – for a bracingly intelligent conversation with Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson (@QAmity) on the 20th anniversary of Talkin' Up to the White Woman.From 6.15pm AEST, she
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I don't have time to make a Spike on the Mic about Jeweled Lotus, but my thoughts are easy to summarize. This is all I plan on saying about it.
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Indeed. Zuckerberg had a chance to show solidarity among social media giants and boldly advance the cause of truth. Instead, he's siding with his bottom line and betraying any responsibility
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