This boy had his hands up when an NYPD ofcr pulled his mask down and pepper sprayed him. @NYPDShea? Mayor … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 31, 2020
This boy had his hands up when an NYPD ofcr pulled his mask down and pepper sprayed him. @NYPDShea? Mayor … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020
Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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notice how you don’t see any of this on the news. https://t.co/kaYiXVVagN— 𝐲𝐚𝐬 🐝BLM (@sottcalum) May 31, 2020
notice how you don’t see any of this on the news. https://t.co/kaYiXVVagN
White people talking to white people. More of this please. If you’re white and you believe yourself not to be racis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 31, 2020
White people talking to white people. More of this please. If you’re white and you believe yourself not to be racis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Evergreen until it’s not. https://t.co/AG11URt6O2— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) May 30, 2020
Evergreen until it’s not. https://t.co/AG11URt6O2
This is the moment Minneapolis Police fired on our CBS News crew with rubber bullets. As you can see, no protesters… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Michael George (@MikeGeorgeCBS) May 31, 2020
This is the moment Minneapolis Police fired on our CBS News crew with rubber bullets. As you can see, no protesters… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I cannot believe what I just witnessed. They pulled up onto the square with a police siren on and did this.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) May 30, 2020
I cannot believe what I just witnessed. They pulled up onto the square with a police siren on and did this.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
watching a stream of the union square protests to see this police officer throw up what looks to be a white power s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— kiki (@kikimurphy_) May 31, 2020
watching a stream of the union square protests to see this police officer throw up what looks to be a white power s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
My statement on the death of George Floyd: https://t.co/Hg1k9JHT6R— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 29, 2020
My statement on the death of George Floyd: https://t.co/Hg1k9JHT6R
Like so many of you, I’m pained by these recent tragedies. And I’m exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to st… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
Like so many of you, I’m pained by these recent tragedies. And I’m exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to st… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move pas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move pas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It’s up to all of us—Black, white, everyone—no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, unco… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
It’s up to all of us—Black, white, everyone—no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, unco… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets. I pray we all have th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 29, 2020
It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets. I pray we all have th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I remember when Trayvon Martin was killed and my parents had a talk with me about how I had to be careful in the wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Kaleb🤴🏿 (@yahomiekaleb) May 27, 2020
I remember when Trayvon Martin was killed and my parents had a talk with me about how I had to be careful in the wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@yahomiekaleb @BlackSocialists I was 15 when Trayvon Martin (17) was murdered, 17 when Michael Brown (18) was shot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— godfuckingdammit (@fake_wesley) May 27, 2020
@yahomiekaleb @BlackSocialists I was 15 when Trayvon Martin (17) was murdered, 17 when Michael Brown (18) was shot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I got pulled over yesterday and literally felt sick. There’s no way around the negative feeling..I hate the lights,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Victoria Monét (@VictoriaMonet) May 27, 2020
I got pulled over yesterday and literally felt sick. There’s no way around the negative feeling..I hate the lights,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
do you know how traumatizing it is growing up as a young black man in this country, when on a regular basis you see… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Asante Blackk (@AsanteBlackk) May 27, 2020
do you know how traumatizing it is growing up as a young black man in this country, when on a regular basis you see… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
do you know what goes on in my mind every time i’m driving and i see a police car? do you know that sigh of relief… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Asante Blackk (@AsanteBlackk) May 27, 2020
do you know what goes on in my mind every time i’m driving and i see a police car? do you know that sigh of relief… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I can never fuck with the police. Idc if it’s good cops out there. I’m not about to give props to “good cops” for d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Keith Powers (@KeithTPowers) May 26, 2020
I can never fuck with the police. Idc if it’s good cops out there. I’m not about to give props to “good cops” for d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When will the majority of protests & outrage be led by white people & police officers everywhere? These are your pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Janelle Monáe, Cindi Mayweather (@JanelleMonae) May 28, 2020
When will the majority of protests & outrage be led by white people & police officers everywhere? These are your pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Spike Lee said that when Do The Right Thing came out, a lot of critics thought it irresponsible to show Mookie thro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Lysol In E Flat (@GeeDee215) May 28, 2020
Spike Lee said that when Do The Right Thing came out, a lot of critics thought it irresponsible to show Mookie thro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Spike often notes that it's exclusively white people who ask him if Mookie did the right thing by throwing the tras… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020
Spike often notes that it's exclusively white people who ask him if Mookie did the right thing by throwing the tras… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
(Spoiler: the message of the movie was that in the face of oppressive state violence and persistent structural and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020
(Spoiler: the message of the movie was that in the face of oppressive state violence and persistent structural and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@WesleyLowery https://t.co/1TQlQWGiV3— Kamesha ‘Corprate Thuggin’ Williams (@raynebowmom) May 28, 2020
@WesleyLowery https://t.co/1TQlQWGiV3
This is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer talking about the history of racial terror lynchings of Black people and how some Bla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— The Funky Educator (@MrKinetik) May 28, 2020
This is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer talking about the history of racial terror lynchings of Black people and how some Bla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
They. Know. What. They've. Done. To. Us. twitter.com/mrkinetik/stat…— king crissle (@crissles) May 29, 2020
They. Know. What. They've. Done. To. Us. twitter.com/mrkinetik/stat…
Yesterday's protests in Los Angeles and Minneapolis make it clear that people are rightfully hurting over George Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 28, 2020
Yesterday's protests in Los Angeles and Minneapolis make it clear that people are rightfully hurting over George Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This will guide our reporting in MN. “While the situation on the ground in Minneapolis is fluid, and there has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) May 28, 2020
This will guide our reporting in MN. “While the situation on the ground in Minneapolis is fluid, and there has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Racism is not a product of "ignorance." independent.co.uk/voices/amy-coo…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
Racism is not a product of "ignorance." independent.co.uk/voices/amy-coo…
This is a troubling blind spot of white liberalism: the idea that smart/educated people can't be racist+ that the s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
This is a troubling blind spot of white liberalism: the idea that smart/educated people can't be racist+ that the s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I think it's tempting for us to believe we can just sort of delete the Confederacy app off our phone and be done. T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
I think it's tempting for us to believe we can just sort of delete the Confederacy app off our phone and be done. T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I would encourage any liberals popping in here with some variation of a No True Scotsman argument to maybe take a minute and reconsider. 🙂— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
I would encourage any liberals popping in here with some variation of a No True Scotsman argument to maybe take a minute and reconsider. 🙂
"Who do you become when you panic?" is a pretty good measure of who you really are. That instinct she had--that she… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
"Who do you become when you panic?" is a pretty good measure of who you really are. That instinct she had--that she… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Anyway, this is all to say that, even if you've got a master's degree and you've read Marx in the original German a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
Anyway, this is all to say that, even if you've got a master's degree and you've read Marx in the original German a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
(As a PS, I realize none of this is new or noteworthy to people who aren't white--but the 'racism is ignorance/igno… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020
(As a PS, I realize none of this is new or noteworthy to people who aren't white--but the 'racism is ignorance/igno… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Being black is having a good day and then seeing another black person was killed for no reason. then you have to th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— quinta brunson (@quintabrunson) May 26, 2020
Being black is having a good day and then seeing another black person was killed for no reason. then you have to th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
meanwhile you still need to work and worry about everything else.— quinta brunson (@quintabrunson) May 26, 2020
meanwhile you still need to work and worry about everything else.
You deserved your breath, your dignity, your life. Not to die in the street, murdered by a white cop’s knee on your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 27, 2020
You deserved your breath, your dignity, your life. Not to die in the street, murdered by a white cop’s knee on your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
All these people commenting like, "oh he looks so nice!" or "oh just looking at him makes me feel safe" on various… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Kendra (@KendraJames_) May 26, 2020
All these people commenting like, "oh he looks so nice!" or "oh just looking at him makes me feel safe" on various… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I know we’re sharing pics and vids of Christian Cooper and I just want us to be really careful not to fall into the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 26, 2020
I know we’re sharing pics and vids of Christian Cooper and I just want us to be really careful not to fall into the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I bring this up remembering how folx treated Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin’s friend who testified at George Zimmer… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 26, 2020
I bring this up remembering how folx treated Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin’s friend who testified at George Zimmer… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” says Tera Brown, cousin of George Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) May 27, 2020
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” says Tera Brown, cousin of George Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
White folks: instead of lather, rinse & repeat your tweets for #GeorgeFloyd or about #AmyCooper, here are things yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) May 26, 2020
White folks: instead of lather, rinse & repeat your tweets for #GeorgeFloyd or about #AmyCooper, here are things yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clear… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 25, 2020
Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clear… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ok I am nonbinary. But socially I am read as a woman. A white woman. And from that standpoint I wanna address white… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
Ok I am nonbinary. But socially I am read as a woman. A white woman. And from that standpoint I wanna address white… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Our supposed "purity" is the justification behind acts of racial violence and murder. Lynchings were so often commi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
Our supposed "purity" is the justification behind acts of racial violence and murder. Lynchings were so often commi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
And we were not innocent in this of course. This is pretty basic history. Think of "To Kill A Mockingbird," an enti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
And we were not innocent in this of course. This is pretty basic history. Think of "To Kill A Mockingbird," an enti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Emmett Till was murdered because of a white woman who lied. A white woman who has lived her life free from the cons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
Emmett Till was murdered because of a white woman who lied. A white woman who has lived her life free from the cons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
And white women, when we call the police on a black person we are knowingly committing a modern-day lynching.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
And white women, when we call the police on a black person we are knowingly committing a modern-day lynching.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This is a difficult truth to face, I know. White women, sometimes we (and those of us socially read as women) feel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
This is a difficult truth to face, I know. White women, sometimes we (and those of us socially read as women) feel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
and white women we have social power--enough social power to get people killed. So we cannot be passive here. We… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 26, 2020
and white women we have social power--enough social power to get people killed. So we cannot be passive here. We… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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On Memorial Day, we honor those who gave all for us. That takes different forms this year, but it’s even more vital… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 25, 2020
On Memorial Day, we honor those who gave all for us. That takes different forms this year, but it’s even more vital… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
FB said all Obama has to do is go to the podium and say “ I said sit down!!” and you won’t see us in the streets for two weeks😂— Samariah (@MissCooperrr) March 28, 2020
FB said all Obama has to do is go to the podium and say “ I said sit down!!” and you won’t see us in the streets for two weeks😂
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