#RACIST

TW /// racism + choosing to stay silent is you just adding onto all the racism. if you’re white not speaking up is you not realizing the white privilege that
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Thread - The Sunrise Movement Pre-planned the Minneapolis Riots They Just Were Awaiting For A Trigger To Initiate A Riot With Precision1. From time to time, I like to advocate
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Alright. I’m watching #TigerKing So far I’ve gathered that I’m mildly attracted to Joe Exotic and that the person they misgendered the whole series has one arm. #TigerKing
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Transphobes have kicked a new tactic into gear of late. They've started to single out "TRAs" as the *reason our transphobia is in overdrive*. You've probably seen:"The good transes are
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I've faced a lot of harassing DMs, text messages, & phone calls over the years. But out of all the beats I've covered as a marginalized journalist, the lion's share
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Yesterday's Guardian told you it's bad to fancy Rishi Sunak because he's a Tory. Today's Independent tells you it's bad to fancy him because he's Asian. The latest from the
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It's shocking that you imply women's existence as an oppressed sex, protected under the Equality Act explicitly, is merely a belief, not a biological (& socialised) reality, one which in
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Thread: Remembering the greatest revolutionary this island has produced: #JamesConmolly joined and led the #EasterUprising against British colonialism in Ireland. #Connolly was a radical anti colonial socialist, born in Edinburgh
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"Don't try to teach a pig to dance. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig." This a lesson about Twitter I should have learned a long time ago
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ThreadThe life and the character of Donald Trump 1/First off - yes, I am a liberal, but I am not the caricature of liberals that conservative media wants you to
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It's hard to care right now for a lot of reasons, but:The 2019 Uniform Crime Reports just posted.The takeaway:• Murder up baaaarely--by 0.3% (51 cases)• Rape (-3%) and robbery (-5%)
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One of our classes has been the victim of some really intense zoombombing, and all I can think about is that this is exactly why ethical speculation around unintended consequences
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It’s heartbreaking to read so many non-mexican critics giving Michel Franco’s New Order all sorts of praise after they clearly did not understand its sociopolitical context.This is a thread designed
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Why identity and privilege matter: Yesterday in Sydney Morning Herald Lakita Bourke (2021) wrote:“Prime Minister Scott Morrison says identity politics and the moral corrosion caused by the misuse of social
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Let’s talk about the ongoing persistence of Anti-Black racism in Ottawa’s art world. Specifically, graffiti & street artA couple of weeks ago, local artists Kalkidan Assefa, Jimmy Baptiste, & Allan
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This @jimwaterson attempt to explain the controversy about the antisemitic conspiracy theory that Israel trains American cops to be racist and violent shows exactly why the @Guardian can’t seem to
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