#Segregation

Hey #AcademicTwitter! I’m collaborating on an exciting project- Looking for the most impactful articules published since 2019 on #diversity and #healthdisparities in dementia research. Already have a few contenders but
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I'm tired. I'm tired of living in a country where black people are dis-proportionally killed, arrested, threatened, oppressed, vilified, and shamed. The images coming out of MN this morning of
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The extent of disabled death caused by the pandemic and a government policy of violent exclusion, abandonment and viral warfare was unveiled this weekend. It accounted for 96% of total
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For the anniversary of the March on Washington, I revisited MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech & Lewis' speech. Both are moving, not just because they're great orators, but because
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While everyone is focusing on the 70% deaths among Black Americans, let me tell you why its equally important to pay attention to the right side of this graphic ,
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Too many people don’t understand why saying all lives matter rings empty for us. There needs to be a reckoning with our past to get to a post racial America
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1/ I'm a Planner. My profession believes in placemaking. But I also acknowledge that my profession built cities on the basis of segregation, racism, and violence. We did and we
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A thread to chew on: Area small towns that would later come to be known as Manhattan were founded throughout the 1850s in an effort to further the free-state movement
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Quick thread on race, class, and "accountability" in public education.1/ Educational accountability systems are designed to never challenge the value of high-income, white schools (because it would "invalidate" the ranki
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A word to the looters - those who burned buildings, destroyed things and tried to hurt people - whoever you are:You’re not helping the family of George Floyd. You’re not
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I cut 3000 words on the rise of economics in U.S. housing policy this week. In tribute (and since blogs are dead), I turned it into a very long Twitter
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Things I’ve heard from the pulpits of white churches this month:“We don’t say ‘Black lives matter’ here because we don’t want to be confused w/the Marxist organization.”“We won’t be talking
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boomers who cant come to term with their racism will take the individual black that commits a crime and fedpost for him but only him. "This JERK! He deserves a
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Its not caused by just one thing, no, but there is one factor (which is a vitally important piece of the jigsaw) that ppl tend to ignore.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1274965499789508609 Thishttps://mobile.twitter.com/imkahloon/stat
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Some of you are acting like the BLM movement is new or that the people fighting for justice are “taking things to far” or “could be protesting differently”. Why don’t
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Since we're all big fans of context now, some more context for our dear councilors:1) When it comes to racial disparities in wealth, income, education, and level of employment, Iowa
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