#Slavery

Since Uncle Tom is trending, let me just say something I've always wanted to say (former Ph.D in literature speaking now): stopping besmirching the name of Uncle Tom by comparing
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throughly modern millie is VERRYYY racist (a thread) now i am from hong kong myself so that’s my pov . this show tried to antagonise people from hong kong ..
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The conservative freak out about the 1619 Project (of which Cotton is just the latest example) is not about history. It's about memory; about what parts of the nation's past
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I feel like no one bothers to read LM Montgomery's other works, like the ones where she spends an entire story roasting an HAP, and then showing the result of
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white people are not and have never been discriminated against for being WHITE. CW/TW /// MENTIONS OF MURDER, SLAVERY, PRISON CAMPS---please don’t read this thread if any of the things
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5 horrifying ways enslaved African men were sexually exploited and abused by their white masters #Thread Time and time again, the horrifying experiences of enslaved Africans working on plantations in
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This is BSFocusing on the 14th Amendment instead of the place of Harris's birth doesn't make the argument less racist.@NancyCooperNYC should study the history of the 14th Amendment (added after
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Do not, and I can NOT stress this enough, take advice on politics from people who JUST started studying/reading about history, politics, the economy, social justice, gender equality, etc Cube
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1/n Sneak peek at just some of (there are dozens of publications, so can't fit them all in one graph) the new media data that @DavidRozado scraped 2/n One of
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Amazing seeing everyone share their book suggestions My next question is about the curriculum. Slavery and the civil rights movement is not the only thing that should be taught.
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100% agree with the anger & frustration to call out non-Black POC communities for not being in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter But I have a theory of why many POC
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Today, P&H HC in a habeas Corpus matter regarding release of 60+ bonded labourers, the court refused to issue notice & initiate further proceedings saying "I have utmost faith in
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Every time I see this screenshot I want to grind my teeth into dust and throw it into my own eyes, wHaT aBoUt bLaCk oN bLaCk cRimE ok what about
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/1 Proud to share my new paper in the Journal of African History @JAH_editors on the large scale migration from Rwanda and Burundi to Uganda during the colonial era: http://bit.ly/2P9Paal 
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Q: How did each Assembly Member vote on each budget bill?A: The only ones who know are the staff recording votes & those watching the livestream & counting from home.ALSO:
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A thread about Establishment wealth, reparations, & why the Tories will *always* defend the statues of slavers & Empire racists… #Colston #reparations #ColonialViolence #resist #slavery #BlackLivesMatter This chap
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