#Segregation

Levi Pulkkinen

levipulk

American cities burn again, because police killed a Black man for nothing again. Folks who know such things say whites must share the work. I don’t know as much about

Dan Bertolet

danbertolet

Should the federal government flex its muscle to stop local governments from banning housing and maintaining segregation?Yep.The #YIMBYAct is a first step.https://www.sightline.org/2020/09/03/federal-hammer-on-apartment-bans/ The McCloskey&

jmmohr

jmmohr

Lived in Minneapolis for over half my life and it’s by far the whitest metro of the top 20. A case study in systemic racism. More in the next tweet.https://twitter.com/ohdionne/status/1265368702637178880

ARKELLS

arkellsmusic

Growing up I learned the story of Jackie Robinson and his teammate Peewee Reese. Jackie broke the colour barrier in 1947. Jackie was the victim of the most inhumane treatment

Tim Tunden

Tim_Tunden

“The massive contempt of the ‘civilized’ for the ‘barbarians’ (who included the bulk of the labouring poor at home) rested on this feeling of demonstrated superiority.”— Hobsbawm. Age of Revolution

Liat Says Repeal The filibuster

Liat_RO

Friendly reminder: charter schools have worsened school segregation, do not perform better than public schools on the whole, often weed out struggling students & are culpable for millions of wasted

Jenn Budd

BuddJenn

Your weekly encouragement thread: I know how stressful this all is. I know it feels I surmountable. I know this feels different than the America you thought you knew. The

Nelson Flores

nelsonlflores

If you are a white liberal who wants so say something about identity politics I suggest you begin with the white identity politics that will likely be expressed by your

Liz Enochs

LizEnochs

(Thread) Will upzoning ease housing inequalities or build on zoning’s racist legacy?We published a whole series on the racial, economic, and environmental impacts of single-family zoning:https://www.shareable.net/timeline-of-100-years-of-racist-housi

Dr. William Horne

wihorne

I, a historian of racial capitalism, explained redlining to my white neighbor today, who responded "but how was that legal?" in literal disbelief.Always amazed at how little white ppl know

Taylor Seely

taylorseely95

This week I released a 60-minute episode of @valley101pod on how interstate highways affected segregation in Phoenix. I read a book about government policies that segregated American cities. Highways were

The Boudoir Madam 🇯🇲✨

BoudoirMadam

We need more Black Owned:-Grocery stores -Banks/Lenders-Pharmacies-Medical Facilities-Private Schools K-12-News/Media OutletsInstitutional segregation is required free ourselves from dependency on the white supremacist establishment. #Black

mumbi.

miss_mumbz

Been thinking about how, for me, imagining freedom requires self-implication and a deep refusal of so many of the institutions that have shaped me today. There’s no way to talk

Tom Sugrue

TomSugrue

Thread: It's time to rethink facile 1968 = 2020 comparisons. 2/ Similarities: As in the 1960s, today’s protestors are enraged by the still unresolved problem of police violence. 3/ Persistent

Nader Issa

NaderDIssa

It's a big day for Chicago's school board, which will decide whether to keep uniformed police officers in 55 high schools or listen to Black students who don't feel safe

moses moon: $thotscholar 🍒🚲 🏳️‍🌈

thotscholar

Don't listen to this fool. Steal that shit. Steal from work. Steal from retailers. Steal with abandon. Avoid mom and pop stores if you can. Steal for survival. Steal for