#RACISM

Sharing this old article bc I want folks to recognize that bigoted comments like "you only got accepted because of affirmative action" make people feel like frauds.We sometimes call it
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Just found a Norwegian thread of "who should I listen to about racism in America?"Let's overlook for a second that this person is asking like you know where would we
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FACT CHECK : Donald trump did condemn white supremacy “.And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate
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One of the things that is truly conspicuous to me is the collective abdication of prophetic leadership by the U.S. Catholic bishops on matters of fundamental justice in recent years.
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A thread on why global5sos is problematic and why you shouldn't be following/supporting them: NOTE: Before starting this thread, I would like to clear up that my intentions are purely
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Hey I'm a queer black woman with a degree in theatre and I'm here to tell you that yes it's okay and this wouldn't be a question if it wasn't
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1. when news focus on victims choosing forgiveness as the key narrative on the Christchurch terror attack we disregard that our anger&outrage are also justified responses.https://twitter.com/jennineak/status/1298473354794393605 I don
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white privilege does not mean you don’t suffer. it means you don’t suffer BECAUSE of your race. it means you can run in the street freely without being afraid of
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why do some hamilstans not get the difference between the founding fathers , the actors , and the characters the founding fathers don't deserve any kind of praise. they were
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“In what should be a badge of shame for @theSNP, the @IndexCensorship named Scotland alongside Brazil in a report on the erosion of Freedom of Information globally during coronavirus.”https://twitter.com/heraldscotland/status/1262682911
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One way we white #genealogists can actively break through our old conceptions & #WhiteSupremacist notions of history is to publicize our enslaving ancestors. As we see how many we have,
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Yesterday, on a day when a government minister was under intense pressure, the lab party decided to sacrifice that for a swing at the left. This, for any of you
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Saying "it's not all of us" or "it's not all white people" or "its not all cops" or "it's not the whole fandom" isn't the counterpoint you think it is,
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There's a reason that racist poems are often bad on the level of craft. It's because, as M. NourbeSe Philip says, English—a colonial language—requires decontamination. That is a rigorous thing,
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So, my candidate is officially out. I'm both sad and angry. But yes, I am still "Blue no matter who." I know many of my friends on here are not
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We are pleased to hear that Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted for the "murder" of George Floyd. However, this is simply a reminder that a "bad apple" has
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