A lot of “majorities” aren’t educated that their financial advantage isn’t because of their investments. It’s because of whiteness.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
Let me show you how: https://t.co/SvLMWWBIZ3
First of all, of you live in a home in a black neighborhood, it’s worth, on average, $48,000 less than an identical home in an identical white neighborhood.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
Part of this is because of the history of redlining and it’s partly because white people just don’t want to live around us
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But, for the sake of argument, let’s say that all things are equal. Simply because you are awhite homeowner, you now have $48,000 in equity that a black homeowner doesn’t have.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
We know that schools are funded by property taxes. So, if you’re white, your kids get to go to a better school. This has nothing to do with your “investments.”
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
It’s white privileged.
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So, of course, the white districts are considered better because they had higher scores, more college attendees and more programs.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
But the advantages were built in.
But let’s get back to home ownership. When those white kids got a chance to go to college, their parents could use that $48,000 in equity to pay for college while black students had to take out loans.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
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But let’s say both kids graduated from college.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
I mentioned a study by @theSBPC yesterday. The study was really incredible in revealing institutional racism.
Here’s what they did.
They created a profile of a student. 24 yrs old, recent college grad making $50,000 per year. The only difference was that they went to different institutions. They went ONLINE to refinance their loans
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
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The study found that kids who went to majority black schools were charged higher rates than any other group—even though their credit, income, jones etc were IDENTICAL.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
So now you’re a black college grad with more debt than a white student. Regardless of what you do, if you’re black, it’s impossible to avoid. So, what happens?
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
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Part of your credit score calculates debt. So, simply being black—NOTHING ELSE —means you have a higher credit score.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
But now you need a car. Remember, your debt is already higher bc you’re black
Well, @CRLONLINE found that auto lenders charge black borrowers higher rates
Now car lenders might say that blacks have lower credit scores but we know why that is. Instead of looking at payment history and income, they compound the problem.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
In 2018, congress eased rules making it easier for car lenders to discriminate
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So you have a car, an education and you want to buy a home.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
In 2018, @reveal did a study. They didn’t look at a group@of black borrowers v whites. They essentially looked at the govt data from every mortgage over a decade—31 million loans
They found that black borrowers were denied at 3 times the rate of white borrowers and ALWAYS got higher interest rates.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
But, according to some people “minorities” need to study investment.
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Add that with double the unemployment rate, fewer educational resources, higher car insurance rates and tithes and offering, you see that black people’s lack@of upward mobility has nothing to do@with buying Jordans and sipping Hennessy (although Hennessy is, objectively trash)
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
And white people’s advantages have nothing to do with their investment knowledge or hard work.
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) February 24, 2020
It’s built into the system. And no amount of after-school programs or charity can fix a SYSTEM that is built to perpetuate inequality.
The Obama Diary 
Thank you for the new post, Nerdy, and this important dialogue!
thanks NW. We must must must have a non-white on the prez ticket.
Ditto. Very informative. Most of it was simply intuitive before.
Amirite? (Only posted their pic, since they’re so far away you can barely see them.)
That’s better.
Embraced by GOP…destroys Constitutional Government:
1) “to negate separation-of-powers supervision by preventing Congress from obtaining relevant evidence of executive misconduct.”
2) “to use the powers of office to pressure foreign governments to intervene in American elections to serve his personal purposes.”
2) “to use federal agencies to serve his personal purposes.”
3) “to compel the Department of Justice to protect his friends while investigating and prosecuting his enemies.”
4) “to use congressional appropriations for his own purposes, not those of Congress.”
5) “he cannot be impeached because removal from office would…overturn a presidential election.”
“Those principles are not only unfounded and antithetical to constitutional government,
but they are also lethal to any party that does not control the presidency.
That undeniable consequence of their actions suggests that the Republican party has, like Richard III, bet its future on a cast of the dice and is prepared to gamble that in 2020 it can maintain control of the presidency and then make its control permanent.”
(https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/484331-the-fateful-republican-party-gamble)
6 points!
Trump will doing anything to avoid what is going to transpire as soon as he is spat out of the WH.
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What the hell?
The public memorial for Kobe and Gianna Bryant is on TV now. CNN and ESPN.
Well it’s listed on CNN’s schedule, but they are covering the Harvey Weinstein verdict.
Sam Stein @samstein · 2h
Does Weinstein ditch his walker now that the verdict is in, or does he keep it going for a little while longer?
I saw video which was apparently from after the verdict where the guards were walking him out of the courthouse to their vehicle. He was walking upright, not using a walker; they had him by the arms but he wasn’t bent over.
Very similar to how Manafort was wheeled in to court, but some time not long after sentencing was shown walking upright with his guards.
How low can they go. When you think you have your answer, just accept the fact it’s lower than that.
There is no bottom, Jacqueline.
Unfortunately, no.
Livestream
Beyonce opens the celebration of life.
Jon Cooper
Flag of United States @joncoopertweets · 17h
Nevada GOP activist reveals how he temporarily switched parties and ‘caucused for Bernie’ to help Trump win: ‘It would be a dream election’.
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I have anxiety fever since the NH results. Nevada’s simply added to it. Perhaps if there was a FREE TV channel for older men, particular white male septuagenarians, to spend their time, the democratic candidate field would have been clearer. No serial socialist, no convert billionaire. Just real democrats with democratic ideas, be they a little extreme at times. I’d take that.
No. Life cannot be just simple. We have Bernie and his cohort and only November 2020 will tell us where we are heading.
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.dynamite.
Why has this problem not been addressed? This is ridiculous.
As always, I was waiting for PBO’s words making this transitioning of an exceptional lady.
May she rest in power
Oh! Well this seems important.
Remember how the media talked about Hillary 24/7, and she only had the flu. Lets see how long they will talk about this. This is very important.
Richard Engel @RichardEngel
China announces total ban on eating “wild animals”, effective immediately. Perhaps this outbreak will make a change.
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Good grief! Eating wild animals? What ever happened to chicken, fish and beef?
China killed them by the thousands…
Thanks Trump!
Justin Amash @justinamash
The Republican Party is increasingly a nationalist party, and the Democratic Party is increasingly a socialist party—minor factions that have captured our politics. Most people just want personal and economic freedom, equality before the law, and a government that budgets wisely.
I have been looking for the video of Sanders saying that President Obama should be primaried…can’t find it…does anyone have it,,,
Chinese hoax according to the idiot President.
This asshole can take a long jump off a short pier
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I totally agree!!
Notice how he spelled Jones… as in Dow Jones. There is something wrong with him.
We have one of these already, so no thanks.
Tom and Mike should just help fund Dem candidates all over the country, up and down the ticket. That would be wonderfully patriotic and appreciated by a weary population
Jesus!
I’m crushed. But I applaud the parents, too. God bless them for loving him so well, and I’m so sorry he fell into the wrong patterns in his young life. I wish no other parents have to go through what they did, but sometimes life hurts. Not sure I could have been as brave to move forward as they seem. I believe he’ll be looking out for them, now, until they meet again.
JO’B, his parents not only loved him well, they love their fellow man enough to issue this cautionary word. May folks not on the right track heed it; may the loved ones of those that don’t be comforted by this example.
Beautifully put. Their strength in passing on the caution was equally beautiful. I can’t imagine what they’ve gone through.
Tom Steyer just made a pitch-perfect pitch during the CNN town hall on this topic tonight. Good for him.
End caucuses and open primaries! Enough of this crap!
If a voter changes hie/her party to vote in thre primary they should pass a law that they cannot change their party registration for the upcoming general election …
But it won’t matter by then. The damage will have already been done. The nominees as chosen in the primary. You can vote for anyone on the ballot in the general, no matter what party you’re registered for.
Your right! My goodness…what can we do?
Too late for this election. Nothing to do but vote in huge overwhelming numbers to offset the crooks and cuckoos! Seriously though, we definitely need to get rid of open primaries and caucuses going forward. That won’t stop the same day registration infiltrators though.
I remember that happening some against Obama. It is another reason why I do not like Open Primaries. Voter suppression, switching parties, voting misinformation, easily hacked or preprogrammed voting machines, purging voter lists, voting locations and hours being limited all offset the number of party voters.
Look at this shit. Ugh!
Bloop!
Good thread of Dem candidates that need more exposure.
Aweeesome
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They literally walk among us.
Needed a laugh. Hope this hasn’t been posted already.
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Morning everyone
Beware!! Flashing emergency sign!!
His comment should be disqualifying
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You forgot already???
Another space program trailblazer passed away a few days ago: Julius Montgomery. RIP 🙏🏾
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Please share this. We need more great astronauts.
😃🎬📺🖥🚀 New documentary Black in Space aired last night on Smithsonian Channel. It’s available on demand by via streaming.
By the way the documentary includes some footage of My Queen Nichelle Nichols in NASA recruiting films. ❤️
Someone retweeted this from back when President Obama visited New Delhi in 2015. I miss our Forever POTUS. 😢
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/a-lifetime-of-reaching-for-the-stars/
The story of Ed Dwight Jr. role in space is covered in the Black in Space documentary. It’ll make you want to throw stuff at the TV. 😡
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