#Folk

I am fortunate to live in a Golden Age of scholarship about race in the US. Some scholars who have made this age golden (in no order):@sociologistray@SandyDarity @tressiemcphd @DrIbram@ruha9@JoeFeagin@nhannahjones@safiyanoble@JessieNYCAnd m
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White folk storm a state house to protest social distancing, armed with guns, & police politely "block" them.Black folk protest yet another unjust killing of an unarmed Black man, &
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if you're an Australian artist or creative currently relying on freelance, online storefront, commissions etc for income, please drop your info under this tweet so whoever wants to take advantage
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When are people going to stop acting like hating or disliking popular things makes them cool and unique in any way? Oh you didn’t think something mainstream was cool? I’m
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A tale of two contrarian takes.Remember when Australia avoided the worst of the GFC in 2008-9? It became fashionable to argue in hindsight that the stimulus wasn't necessary because China
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Polling day is here, and so is the final BBS projection. Certainty? I don't know her.Projected Seat ranges:SNP ~ 58 to 71Con ~ 24 to 32Lab ~ 18 to 25Grn
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Hi new followers!A short thread on sharks, helicopters, and retention. This is a simple tip that can help your organization have more Black folk in senior leadership positions. The easiest,
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I deleted my earlier rant. Nobody told me to. But it brushed a line drawn in our ethics policy, which I follow out of respect for its authors despite my
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really wish the Isabel Fall thing had been reported better bc it’s fucking up folk’s recollections of what went down. I kinda wanted to get mad at someone for invoking
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Many cis white women who receive criticism of their behavior mistakenly believe they're being criticized as white *women*, and not as *white* women.Any time you're criticized as a white women,
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There seems to be a genuine lack of understanding by some as to the extent that electronic communication has changed human interactions and notions of community. Tinder’s led to marriages.This
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With respect to issues of race, there are (1) "black folk who happen to be scholars/intellectuals", and (2) "scholars/intellectuals who happen to be black".My experience has been that the first
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Thread: Boris Johnson has just awarded his friend David Ross, the Carphone Warehouse owner worth £700 million, £85k for a private opera company in his house from the funds designated
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You aren't pro-black if you sell drugs in your neighborhood too btw I think the most annoying thing about the Pro-black discussion on twitter is that people only care
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Forced migration and inability to return home is a trauma that haunts generations.Bhojpuri folk music is largely about this specific trauma. It's songs written and sung by wives of migrant
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Black conservatives are more likely to have non-Black partners than any other Black people. Coincidence? Nah. Then why? Because a chunk of their conservatism is rooted in anti-blackness and self-hatred.
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