#Upbringing

Hello. I am a white girl from a small southern racist town. A thread:It’s so hard to wrap my head around my upbringing. I grew up in an incredibly racist
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Understanding my white privilege. A thread. I’ve been trying to make sense of a lot of things these past few days. Finding myself speechless, which is a rarity. I go
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BEING A BLACK WOMAN IN SPORTS...•Just because she’s not smiling in your face doesn’t mean she has a attitude.•Just because she comes from a different upbringing than her teammates doesn’t
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[thread]1/9So I wanted to talk about the subtle abuse men face. I wanted to do it for awhile now but I really haven't had time to collect my thoughts.(Also this
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1) My name is Michael. I am that most hated of creatures in 2020's America: a gun carrying, God fearing, conservative white male.Born in '61 in the Midwest to two
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I just want to share my thoughts on this 37K fiasco. One of the things that might have bothered me why I was uncomfortable with reading is that Filipinos see
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another reason why jiang cheng is my favorite character in mdzs: jiang cheng is a lesson in determination, in tenacity. growing up, he was never the talented one, wasn’t born
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@GustavoArellano I've never heard the word "desmadre" or the term "fresa" other than in it's literal meaning of strawberry. I'm a tech worker with an MS sitting in my gilded
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Just some Random appreciations."Mere Mamaji ke yaha heeron ki khan hai."To"Bombay jake hume bhool toh nahi jayegi na."From just mugging up dialogues to actually feeling it.Not just Kamya's character arc
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Recently, my cousin moved in with me after I found out he was wracking up debt of $100/day in "emergency housing" aka a motel with broken facilities. He was facing
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This isn't "continuing the argument" or anything, I just want to spin my perspective on things for a bit, and why flat out refusal to challenge ideals of people at
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MY TOP 15 FAVORITE J. COLE SONGS, A THREAD: I did this exact same thread a long time ago, but i thought i may as well do it again since
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first: really appreciate feedback on something that is somewhat hard for me to talk about ^^ (thread)https://twitter.com/selentelechia/status/1267287093304193025 this is somewhat surprising (the "fight or be upset" bit) because I
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What is the Nakba? What are Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere protesting over?I want to share with you one Nakba story, #MyNakbaStory in this thread. Have a look at this
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An uncle attempted suicide because he felt stuck in a job he hated, was living in a city with none of his immediate family members or friends, and was just
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#PhotographerFriday This week’s feature is Jane Gershovich, a Seattle-based photographer who primarily shoots the local NWSL and MLS teams, and is entering her 9th year as the team photographer for
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