#Racism

1. This a thread. My only credentials being 40 years an activist, fought Thatcher over CND, Poll Tax, BNP, closure of the mines, shipbuilding, steelworks, fishing and heavy industry in
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i want to talk about a Content Warning i heard on a podcast today, and how it succeeded and how it didn't.this is about fatness and fat politics. Maximum Fun
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I've been to 2 protests in my life (both mterc) and both have looked like what the protesters in these videos are doing. Walking. Holding signs. Chanting things. I remember
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Thoughts on yet another case of a racist showing his ass on Twitter (repeatedly) while wanting to get a tech job:Stay. The Fuck. Out. Tech has enough problems with racism,
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@PapaBirdJake, I butted in on a conversation to pick a nit, but itā€™s a thing that matters a lot to me, so hereā€™s my point: The text of the Constitution
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Americans who strongly embrace the idea that the US is a "Christian nation" are much more likely to believe that "Police treat blacks the same as whites" and that "Police
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I know that it is popular to say things like "you are perfect the way you are" and to dismiss as destructive any mention of imperfection or brokenness. Can I
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The last few days Iā€™ve been doing a lot of reading on how white people like me can support the black community. Iā€™ve been making donations, but didnā€™t speak up
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Thereā€™s been a lot of sympathetic ā€œput yourself inside Trumpā€™s shoesā€ posts going around. Letā€™s forget the racism, transphobia and homophobia for a second. Hereā€™s why I am not sympathetic
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No longer staying silent. @Uber your Serbian driver filed a complaint to my employer for simply listening to Albanian music during my ride. You have continued to support Xhenophobia and
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Sometimes I think about how back in early January, people who had basic deductive skills and decided to avoid places with commonly frequented by Chinese people (statistically more likely to
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if youā€™re a white (or white passing) person who is an ally to #BLM but feels frustrated that black people appear to not want/deny your support, please read this. if
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The British concentration camps in Kenya was set up by Winston Churchill 1952. Itā€™s time to take Winston Churchill statues down.Winston Churchill was a racist genocidal against the people of
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THREAD: This is such a terrible "response" to the issue. Instead of apologizing for the racism in the song, the company just basically compiled a list of excuses, most of
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Taking a moment away from reporter Brianna and over to human Brianna: a Black woman who is the daughter, sister, cousin, niece, girlfriend, friend to Black men. I keep opening
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They say remainers think leavers are stupid. But it wasnā€™t us who took you for fools, was it? We didnā€™t get you outraged about bananas and teabags and unelected bureaucrats,
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