#Immigrant

OMG this is my photographer Tenzin he’s worked with me as a volunteer for years. He’s a graduate of Morehouse College and an immigrant. I can’t believe I’m watching this.
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When I was at FT Lewis from '92-'98 I used to spend some time with the local Thai and Cambodian immigrant communities. The Thais because I was working on my
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We spare no expense to save lives- sit the f*ck down supervised consumption sites, homeless shelters, seniors, sick people, farm kids, meat packing plant employees, park rangers, flood plain residents,
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This quote: When I worked with the farmworkers in California I learned the difference between charity and justice. "Charity asks, 'what's wrong, how can I help?'Justice asks, 'why is it
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THREAD: I can’t stress this enough. Do you know how frustrating it was in my MFA when my professors would ask me to write about my inner city upbringing...when all
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It's interesting that some are still looking for the next geographical "tech hub" city, even while the tech industry is moving toward permanently distributed workforce arrangements.Tech can happen anywhere with
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To control the pandemic, we MUST work with immigrant communities, gain their trust, speak their language. A slew of reports in recent days show how contract tracing is failing because
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The increasing anti-foreigner rhetoric in Singapore is very worrying. I work with a fantastic team from many nationalities and they teach me how they think and understand the world. (Only
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#StickingWithJoeBidenJoe Biden is Running for President to Restore the Soul of America.List of Negative Activities Before & During Donald Trump's Term in Office:>IMPEACHED for bribing the Ukrainian government /2 to
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White Americans can split hairs over the difference, but what difference does it make to someone living outside of the US' borders?What difference does it make to people being displaced
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The difference between me and a lot of my Democratic friends You see Trump’s arrogance, I see Trump’s confidence. You see Trump’s nationalism, I see Trump’s patriotism. You hear Trump’s
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drill down into those cases and pull out the ones related to civil rights, then try again.jesus h marychainhttps://twitter.com/aishaismad/status/1248066841479729152 abortion rightsLGBTQ rightsvoting rightsimmigrant rightsliterally anything that progr
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This NYT piece on the dawning realization that farmworkers do essential work regardless of their citizenship status touches on — without mentioning — two related economic phenomena that are necessary
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan describes how Trump was totally useless on the coronavirus threat, forcing him to rely on his Korean immigrant wife to coordinate with the South Korean government
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The more I watch and research BNA: Brand New Animal, the more I realise I literally cannot write about its themes without talking about social justice This might sound bad
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We need to make the most of this lockdown. We need a solid, evidence-based, sustainable plan for the next 12-18 months, built on a credible feasibility study.I'm not convinced cycles
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