#Blackness

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Let me show you why this white-centric hyperbolic fear is mired in white supremacy.First of all, the notion that being more inclusive renders black people as “other” fails to recognize

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

Not at all sure if I'm supposed to share the YouTube link to this Dr. Kendi event I signed up to watch and live-tweet, but...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr5PErnQA8g&feature=youtu.be It starts in about three

alex

KingstonJancro

Just finished talking to my mom about family history. What an emotional conversation. I want to talk about how the rationality of the state’s archive can never contend with the

Seabela Maila

Abi_Maila

Four centuries ago in Bolobedu, a Northern Sotho region in present day Limpopo, lived King Mugodo. Mugodo was adamant in eliminating the symbolic power of patriarchy and remapping our understanding

Caffeinated Living

WokeLiving

There is a myth going about. It is spoken on our news. It is taught in our schools. Liberal free thinking allies and racists alike tout it. It is an

💛 🐝 Are you texting for Joe & Kamala!🐝💛

Geechee4Kamala

What is the Sunbelt? Why does it matter so much in 2020 & why it will be the most important region in the country going forward?A thread... The Sunbelt arethe

Elysabeth Grace

Elysabethgrace

A bit late but it's been somewhat hectic. When RTs or notifications re historical studies about Black people and early modern England cross my TL, I find it difficult to

Jillian needs a living wage

jillian_kern

[THREAD] Thinking about how us white folks are being asked to intervene when family members, coworkers, friends, etc. voice white supremacist ideals or "jokes" & how I think this requires

Jackie Singh 🗳 Register To Vote!

find_evil

I was raised to believe I am not Black. That my mother is not Black — although as a Dominican woman of direct Afro-Caribbean descent, her genes are 50% African,

Melissa Hillman

bittergertrude

"White" as a "race" was invented for the racialization of slavery to denote "not eligible for enslavement." For generations it was used ONLY in that context, w Europeans navigating right

King County Equity Now (Official)

KCEquityNow

1/BREAKING: Seattle’s current mayor (@mayorjenny) spits on Black community by shelling out $200K to a WHITE consultant to lead her hand-picked tokenized “BlPOC” task forceSpeaking right to you Brittani @brittmanzo

Rohan Javet Beg

RohanBeg

Thought I’d talk a little on the torrent of racism Malaysian Indians had to deal with on this app for the past few days.Thread. Cultural appropriation will always seem like

Samantha Puc 🦦✨

theverbalthing

Happy Saturday! I want to take some time to highlight fat creators and activists whose work has inspired my own and with whom I’m very lucky to be in

Colin Kaepernick

Kaepernick7

Thread/ABOLITION FOR THE PEOPLE: The Movement For a Future Without Policing & PrisonsThe collection of 30 essays will be posted below over the course of the next 4 weeks. #AbolitionForThePeople

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soIanunu

Making a thread for all the koreaboos of African descent bcs I’m tired of seeing floating wigs and leggings worn as pants. First of all I wanna say that we

capridsouz

capridsouz

(1) Society often places individuals into boxes, requiring them to identify with only one group or identity, but this semester I have enjoyed seeing art portray individuals as complex people