#Slavery

THREAD: The everpresent *affirmative* comparisons of Blackface to drag & transgender males pretending to be females are not only offensive, but reflect whites’ well-documented, callous disregard for the humanity and
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Books I’ve read in 2020: A Threadwill add books & brief reviews as I read throughout the year. 1. Dear Girls by Ali Wong.Made me laugh out loud many times
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Enslaved African WOMEN who led revolutionary rebellions in the Caribbean but are less celebrated, forgotten and erased in history. [Thread]--TW: mention of suicide, violence & graphic images BREFFU ~Introducing my
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NEW from me: Black and White evangelicals once talked about ‘racial reconciliation.’ Then Trump came along.https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/08/21/black-and-white-evangelicals-trump-racial-reconciliation/ White evangelicals a
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Shitbag white Brazilian Donata Meirelles resigned from Vogue Brazil last year after her slavery nostalgia 50th bday party. She is doing fine & posting fake solidarity IG posts & works
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(Thread) The Future of the GOP: Part IThe GOP is on a collision course with time.Its base of voters is aging and shrinking. The GOP has become a white grievance
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Having worked in a variety of settings, yes, this is % true. The “better” hospitals want the cash pay foreign patients over Medicaid covered Americans. There is a lot of
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Every state has big stakes on the ballot — it's just some are facing a perfect storm where so much that matters is competitive at once.So I'm starting this ongoing
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It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation
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Evidence being now being taken on @BerryAdrianC @ILPAimmigration and @ColinYeo1@freemovementlaw on how Covid-19 is impacting upon the immigration system and visas.Watch live here http://bit.ly/2VMI8eQ  First question @commonshomeaffs -what is th
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You wrote a whole thread not really saying much, so I decided to make a more in-depth thread on women's rights in Islam.First and foremost, yes, there's a chapter in
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Protestors fighting for a new balance of power in America are calling for the removal of Confederate monuments. The same monuments were put up by protestors fighting for the same
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Happy Constitution Day, New York! On April 20, 1777, New York ratified its first constitution.Here's a THREAD of fun facts and tidbits about New York's constitutional history. Today I'll
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THREAD: I’ve been tweeting all morning and I need to step away but it’s been so hard to capture in words what I’m feeling. Gonna try to channel my energy
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Some not-new movies worth watching this weekend, a thread: The Hate U Give (on iTunes, Amazon, etc):https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/9/9/17834496/hate-u-give-review-amandla-stenberg Just Mercy (on iTunes, Amazon, etc):https://www.vox.com/cu
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"Arabs and Jews lived in peace before Zionism"Let's take a look...629: 1st Alexandria Massacres, Egypt622 - 634: Extermination of the 14 Jewish clans in Arabia634 - 638: Arabs invade and
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