#Confederate

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right. Let's talk about that couple who pointed their guns at peaceful protesters and how the racist, paranoid reality they're drowning in is one of the cornerstones of American

David Gorski, MD, PhD

gorskon

This is not new. It has actually been a long time coming. I've been writing about how antivaxxers have coopted far right rhetoric and have been becoming more extreme. Unfortunately

Dr. Jonathan C. Hall

outtherejch

Thread of my #BlackintheIvory experiences in no particular order1/Nobody:The next 4 times a white colleague has decide they will greet me: “What’s up Brother Man!”#BlackintheIvory https://twitter.com/outtherejch/status/126978921925954

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MorlockP

5/OP conjures up a strawman - "there are SFF gatekeepers".There are?The gates have fallen. Tor and the other publishers run the field now, and they've all but banned cis white

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

"Patriotic education" is Stephen Miller's fascism + Mike Pence's fundamentalism. Some years ago, I took a course in "patriotic education" for my book THE FAMILY. I spent a season reading

Marc Williams

MrKinetik

The increased focus on Black life in America has made it plainly obvious that Black life and history need to be taught in much more meaningful ways in schools and

Snork Maiden at Home, Baby!

Ccaleighc

Why every Canadian Prime Minister Sucks (especially your favourite); A Thread 1) John A. Macdonald was the first (and the third) PM, and somehow manages to surprise me every time

Prescott Indivisible

IndivisPrescott

1/ Quality journalism is so critical in this era of click bait & distraction. This article published on 10/10 by @azcentral is an in depth look at the recent racism

Chelsea Belle

verycosmic

Subject: Fw: The AtlanticI've written an article in response to Ann Marie Slaughter's... attaching a draft. Before seeing if The Atlantic would be interested, I want to make sure you

The Annoyed Man

TheAnnoyedMan

This is worth a thread...https://twitter.com/headasploding/status/1248990465720016896 One of the things that is very different between my generation (boomers) and younger generations is how much, and by what means, we had access

Karma🪐

atelierswift

The Kardashians and their racism, cultural appropriation and overall problematic/tone-deaf behavior Before we get into this thread a disclaimer: Let’s start with Kim. Kim has a long history of consistently

It's Going Down

IGD_News

Hundreds mobilized in #SanFrancisco against a failed far-Right rally set to feature Proud Boys + attendees of the Unite the Right rally. Organizer claimed, "We have police protection...All we're going

Jennifer Lee Rossman

JenLRossman

I am about to arbitrarily rate the state flags of the United States. My ratings are based solely on how the design makes me feel, and has nothing to do

Lindsay P Cohn

lindsaypcohn

If I hear one more person say something like “Posse Comitatus is what makes us a democracy” I’m going to start throwing things. That is so wrong it’s backward. That

Psymposia

psymposia

Consideration for MAPS, a threadThe takeaway from @D__Nickles piece is that if MAPS wants to “integrate anti-racist practices” in order to “work for collective liberation,” it's necessary to acknowledge &

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MorlockP

1/Most of the SF being published today is not just garbage, it is a very narrow type of garbage, written by people who are more familiar with movies and videogames