#Enslaved

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

Let’s talk about persecution, and why it animates the tyranny of Trumpism. The historic defense of violent American bigotry is a projection of persecution rooted in a violent denial of

🇺🇸 patriot 🇺🇸

17Commentary

Why Kanye West is a Patriot, and potentially more involved in operations than anyone may believe...THREAD 1. For God and Country.https://twitter.com/17Commentary/status/1306246439035637760?s=20 2. For God and Country.https://twitter.com/17C

Reconcile Sylva

ReconcileSylva

*TW for racial violence* This Friday, September 18th, marks the 105th anniversary for the monument dedication ceremony for the Confederate monument in Sylva, NC. Here's a #thread on the history

Saoirse, Matryoshka Lesbian (She/They)

lisaquestions

Okay so @/StopTweetingMia recently tweeted a criticism of Futurama's transphobia and transmisogyny, and people showed up to deploy the everlasting favorite "it was a different time" canard. This assumes some

Boogie Bousins

bansky

timeline sleep right? so i can be series for 2.2 seconds before I go back to being a sarcastic, condescending douche for the lulz? yeah? ok. So I watched that

Sumit Sharma

sumitss_

Emasculating Hinduism: A thread explaining how a generation lost and found itself. #Tweet4Bharat For a long time my generation (80’s child) has been a product of the concerted efforts by

Bradly Mason

AlsoACarpenter

Again:Since we are having 200 year old arguments again, here is a summary of the 18th & 19th century Christian Abolitionists’ arguments against enslavers’ (supposed) appeals to the Scripture.Thread: (An

Britt Nicole @ Commissions Open!

bnicole_lewis

Things that DO NOT define your Blackness: A ThreadSince some people wanna act goofy in our community- a richly diverse community, with all kinds of backgrounds and subcultures, and mixes-

Adam Bunch

TODreamsProject

1. This seems like a pretty good time to head out on a tour of some of Toronto's most prominent statues. Queen's Park is filled with monuments to men &

Legacies of Slavery in North Carolina

SlaveLegaciesNC

#OTD in 1905 James Edward O'Hara, the second African American to represent North Carolina's Second district in Congress, died at his home in New Bern. 1/ O'Hara was not from

Joshua D. Rothman

rothmanistan

Thread about the Lincoln “quote” deployed last night by Lara Trump. Which was, of course, not an actual quote. But the real quote comes from a speech where Lincoln condemned

Ma$on

FirstGentleman

Everyone knows "Lincoln freed the slaves" then got shot and died but there is a bunch of stuff in the middle that people don't know or talk about, like how

Mercury News

mercnews

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It represents freedom and liberation but is also a day to remember and honor those

the black mommy activist

kayewhitehead

Donald Trump is a racist and a bigot.America is a racist country.If you support him, then you’re probably a racist and a bigot too.#TrumpIsARacist #AmericaIsARacistCountry An 8-article thread Exhibit A

Quinn Cummings

quinncy

A small story:So I'm driving to do a few errands and I'm listening to @lexiconvalley and quietly lamenting my monolingual, if that, status and a thought occurs to me:"I also

Rhyesa Joseph

RhyesaJ

Kwéyòl pa selman an langaj I sé lavi pèp Sent Lisi. Kwéyòl is not only a language it's the life of the St. Lucian people. To commemorate mwa éwitaj kwéyòl-