in case you missed it. @GovernorKayIvey @realdonaldtrump 🤮 https://t.co/JmcOPlzcHk
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CHIKA (@oranicuhh) May 23, 2019****
Posts Tagged ‘#BlackLivesMatter
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Jan
19
Land Of The “Free”
2019 marks the 400th year since enslaved Africans were brought here, before this was even a country. Black people h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 08, 2019****
I just read this tweet 5 times. I invite you to do the same. twitter.com/clintsmithiii/…
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kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 09, 201913
Sep
18
Dear Mr. President
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A girl doesn’t want her mum to be deported, and can the president please help? A guy finally admits to his wife that he’s gay, and now he would like to tell the president. A car dealer writes to say his bank is shutting him down, and thanks for nothing, Mr President. A vet who can’t stop seeing what he saw in Iraq writes a barely intelligible rant that makes his point all the more intelligible: “Help.” An inmate admits to selling crack, but he wants the president to know he is not a lost cause: “I have dreams Mr President, big dreams.” A man can’t find a job. A woman can’t find a job. A teacher with advanced certification can’t find a damn job. A lesbian couple just got married; thank you, Mr President. A man sends his medical bills; a woman sends her student loan statements; a child sends her drawing of a cat; a mother sends her teenager’s report card – straight As, isn’t that awesome, Mr President?
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I noticed that over by his desk, on a wall, he had hung the framed letter from Natoma Canfield; Obama had said she reminded him of his mum, who died at 52 of a similar cancer. The letter had stood as a reminder to him of his commitment to healthcare reform. “The only instruction I gave was that I wanted every packet to be representative,” he continued. “And understanding that it wouldn’t be perfect. It didn’t mean that, you know, out of every 10 letters, there had to be two positive and two negative and three neutral and one funny. It wasn’t formulaic like that. But that was the one thing I insisted on – that this is not useful to me if all I’m getting are, you know, ‘happy birthday’ wishes. And I think they did a wonderful job of channelling the American people in that way.”
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01
Jul
18
Ferguson Freedom Fighters
I want to thank every #Ferguson freedom fighter, alive and with the ancestors, who sacrificed to remind America of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) June 30, 201827
Feb
18
#BlackPanther: Perfect Timing
LeBron James’ ringing endorsement of Black Panther: https://t.co/t5iDDzMik8
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Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 27, 201819
Oct
17
Freedom Of Speech
This will be my first syndication editorial cartoon, but I thought I'd release it now. #TakeTheKnee #FreedomOfSpeech https://t.co/sw0GuFY98n
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Kevin Necessary (@knecessary) September 24, 201724
Sep
17
Black Women Leading The Charge
Don’t overlook them. #WNBA https://t.co/WM6CL9hcUA
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Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) September 24, 2017****
Before Game 1 of the @WNBA Finals, the @LA_Sparks opted to stay in the locker room during the national anthem: es.pn/2fq8FO8
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(@espnW) September 24, 2017The WNBA has been on the front lines the whole time, FYI. twitter.com/espnW/status/9…
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Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 24, 201723
Sep
17
You Don’t Own Black People
Bingo Was a son of a bitch. AirBud was a son of a bitch Beethoven Balto Wishbone, Scooby Doo all sons of bitches. Martellus Bennett is not.
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017I do not have a master and neither does my mother.
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017****
I'm ok with being fired for what I believe in.
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017The idea of @realDonaldTrump thinking that suggesting firing me from football, confirms that he thinks that it's all I can do as a Black man
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017****
Let's take away the one thing that a black man can do. That'll set em straight. Naw bruh. We diverse. We aren't just field niggas anymore.
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017I'll jump when I want. I'll sit when I want. I'll kneel when I want. I'll clap. Sing. Flip and I'll say what I want. You ain't DeeBo.
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Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) September 23, 2017****
Trying to figure out how #TakeAKnee is un-American but letting people die because of lack of health insurance is patriotic
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Luisa Haynes (@wokeluisa) September 23, 2017It's telling that resentment towards wealth in sports is always directed at black athletes and not the vastly wealthier franchise owners.
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Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) September 23, 2017****
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Don't allow racists to reframe #TakeAKnee as being a debate about anthem & flag. It's a protest of police brutality & racism... 🙄
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Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) September 23, 2017****
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