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AAVE is not = Gen Z. AAVE is a cluster of dialects in which there are generational differences, especially in vocabulary, just as there are within any dialect of a

I recently saw a story about a trans man who was seeking care for severe abdominal pain. The doctors misgendered him. They also didn't quite view his pain as possibly

The solution to Joe Manchin being terrible is not primarying Joe Manchin. It's electing more Democratic senators from other states. We don't have a ton of battleground to work with,

Corporations are not heroes in our current battles, but the rise of "woke capital," if that's what we're calling it, is a good thing as it reflects markets responding to

I don't want to give this racist the time of day, but I will use this opportunity to say a couple of things. People's regional dialects often get "stronger" when

I wrote about the trial of George Floyd's body & the history of medical racism for @AlterNet. Chauvin's defense attempted to paint Mr. Floyd as both so weak & so

During the trial of Derek Chauvin, the defense put George Floyd’s body on trial. He was described as both uniquely weak & uniquely strong. I wrote about how similar tropes

Obama brought liberal white people forward in their thinking on race & racism. There were things he said throughout his presidency that made white liberals reflect on their own biases.

Previously they seemed to be arguing that pre-existing conditions may have led to his death. I guess Black men can be so weak that they die after allegedly innocuous interactions

Yesterday Duante Wright was shot and killed by police. I keep seeing it mentioned that he had a warrant out. 1. A warrant is not an excuse for deadly force2.

1/ I have a Q about this cross-sectional study for people w/ experience in virology &/or biomed. The researchers took samples & then compared them to different samples at a

One irritating thing about current political dynamics is that if Joe Biden says something relatively progressive (transition from oil) he gets predictably slammed by conservatives while simultaneously receiving no credit