#Slavery

As Hollywood finds itself digging through back catalogs of tv series & pulling all the episodes with blackface, I say: HowDareYou.If you come for the #GoldenGirls, you come for all
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This thread is why I keep pushing my paradigm of Left vs Right.In fact, the Walking Dead example helps clarify.In this thread, @JonahDispatch demonstrates why he was NeverTrump: at heart,
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WHAT EXACTLY IS THE VALUE OF THE LIFE OF A NIGERIAN CITIZEN? Controversy has filled the airwaves and media headlines on who's to blame or who's not? But i tell
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Firstly I don’t understand why you’re even talking to me. 2ndly, Trump was lied to by the media just like the rest of us, and they didn’t even find out
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AAVE AND WHAT IT MEANS- a thread -rt to educate someone- AAVE stands for african-american vernacular english and black women and members of the black lgbtq+ community have been talked
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So, with all these claims to the extreme marginalisation of the trans community floating around - and being used to dismiss women as uppity privileged bitches - I thought we'd
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Much of the Christian community has reacted really poorly to this... a thread.https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/05/26/hawk-nelson-jon-steingard-doesnt-believe-god-bandmates-react/5264134002/ I have seen many pastors an
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Why Davids Win Goliath!If a sling & 5 stones were all you had, against a giant, backed by an army with monopoly of violence, what’d you do? Most people run!
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Why is @OurRevolution national repeatedly kicking members off their call for so much as daring to ask for democracy and debate inside their own organization??Why is OR national so afraid
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What I love about maps like these is how much the social history of a state like Mississippi is influenced by soil differences that most people today barely recognize. Sure,
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(Thread) Democratic Convention Recap and Republican Convention PreviewSpoiler: The Democratic convention showcased the progressive view of history. I expect the Republican Convention to similarly showcase the reactionary view of history.
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(Long thread--but worth reading)I received lots of pushback (including some pretty nasty comments) on my tweets re. the most recent “Nobel Prize” in economics. I believe that most comments reflect
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Lizzo said it best, “we know you’re not racist” but your complacency and indifference towards it because it doesn’t effect you the same way needs to stop. That’s why it’s
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I'm currently reading "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla Saad - will review at the end of the month - and trying to engage more actively in anti-racism. Just saw
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Socialism in Theory But Not in PracticeAs New Yorkers are standing in 1/4 mile lines for groceries there is little effort by the wealthy celebrities or liberal politicians to offer
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ThreadWhat does Black Lives Matter @Blklivesmatterwant desperately to prevent?Victory over Japan (V-J) Day. August 14, 1945.Two shots of the same crowd in Times Square, New York City. My guess is
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