Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”), Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @ieshasmall

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

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“culture plays a larger role than politics in determining social relations.” Interesting blog re my culture wars question. THREAD of quotes coming https://twitter.com/ADRobbler/status/1310158937669459968 “Culture is not neutral —

Not expecting ppl to always be polite in the face of what is actually repeated trauma over time. Non black partners of black ppl (incl NBPOC). You need to make

Continued exposure to racism and its effects is trauma + more white ppl who think they are allies need to understand this. A repeated insidious ongoing series of events. Your

“There has been a curious mixture of superiority and fatalism about Britain’s entire response to covid-19.“ - we know best coupled with old ppl gonna die anyway, innit?https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-comforting-and-misleading-politic

"The first wave of COVID-19 outside of Hubei has abated because of aggressive non-pharmaceutical interventions".https://twitter.com/JeremyFarrar/status/1248187374187790336 Western arrogance is prob preventing some learning from global South

Been thinking about pandemics (obs). Last big deal I can remember was Ebola. Wondering re lessons learnt from African countries (which is they are prob acting on during #COVID19) .