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07

Feb

21

Black In Time

By Nerdy Wonka 151 Comments

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Tags: art, Black History, Black History Month, Exhibit, exhibition, fashion, Fashion Institute Of Technology, fit, Gallery, museum, New York, students, tweets

These students curated an exhibition last year designed to recontextualize Black History Month through art and fashion pic.twitter.com/YB0KhZhkWx
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 1, 2021

02

Jan

21

Floor It

By Nerdy Wonka 112 Comments

Categories: All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #IAmBecoming, becoming, book, Book Tour, colbert, driving, First Lady, interview, Malia, Michelle, Michelle Obama, New York, Obama, Secret Service, tour, white house

12

Sep

20

Remembering The Lives Lost

By Nerdy Wonka 126 Comments

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Tags: 9/11, Barack Obama, memorial, New York, Obama, Pennsylvania, President, remembrance, September 11, tweets

Today we remember the lives we lost on 9/11. Even the smallest act of service is a way to honor them. And just like… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 11, 2020

26

Jul

20

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

By Nerdy Wonka 137 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, #JusticeForBreonna, activism, Activists, Ahmaud, Arbery, Breonna, Brighton, brooklyn, cops, death, England, Floyd, george, Justice, Kalamazoo, Marcj, michigan, movement, murder, New York, police, police brutality, Protesters, protests, rally, taylor, tweets, United Kingdom, White Supremacy

This is the 44th consecutive day of #BlackLivesMatter protests. And today Stephen Jackson is helping lead a Black… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

Stunning #BlackLivesMatter bike protest going through South Brooklyn right now. The same part of Brooklyn where ra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

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The steps of the Minnesota State Capitol today. They haven’t stopped demanding justice for George Floyd. Let’s no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

Massive Black Lives Matter protest today in Brighton, England. The movement simply refuses to stop.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

01

Jul

20

The Movement Is Ongoing

By Nerdy Wonka 107 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, Civil Rights Movement, cops, movement, New York, police brutality, protest, Protesters, protests, tweets

I don’t think people understand. This is NYC right now. Day 30. In a row. The #BlackLivesMatter movement is just… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 30, 2020

31

May

20

The Cops Have Always Been The Violent Ones

By Nerdy Wonka 140 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Ahmaud, Arbery, atlanta, Breonna, cnn, cops, Floyd, george, minneapolis, New York, police brutality, protester, Protesting, protestor, protests, racism, racist, racists, taylor, tweets, Violence, violent, White Supremacy

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…
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Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) 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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Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020

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notice how you don’t see any of this on the news. https://t.co/kaYiXVVagN
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𝐲𝐚𝐬 🐝BLM (@sottcalum) 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…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 31, 2020

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Evergreen until it’s not. https://t.co/AG11URt6O2
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Issa Rae (@IssaRae) May 30, 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…
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Michael George (@MikeGeorgeCBS) May 31, 2020

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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…
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Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) May 30, 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…
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kiki (@kikimurphy_) May 31, 2020

28

May

20

“Racism Is Not A Product Of Ignorance”

By Nerdy Wonka 141 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #CrimingWhileWhite, Amy, Central Park, Christian, cooper, liberal, liberals, New York, racism, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Racism is not a product of "ignorance." independent.co.uk/voices/amy-coo…
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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…
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G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020

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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…
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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. 🙂
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G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020

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"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…
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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…
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G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020

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(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…
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G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) May 26, 2020

26

Mar

20

Do It For Them

By Nerdy Wonka 146 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Barack Obama, Coronavirus, death, Flu, Healthcare Workers, Hospitals, medicine, New York, Obama, Pandemic, Political And Funny Tweets, President, Social Distancing, tweets, vaccine

These are the burdens our medical heroes already face in NYC. It's only going to get harder across the country. Ano… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 25, 2020

02

Mar

20

Vision Tour: Michelle Obama

By Nerdy Wonka 172 Comments

Categories: All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #IAmBecoming, becoming, book, Book Tour, brooklyn, First Lady, interview, Michelle, Michelle Obama, New York, Obama, Oprah, tour

15

Feb

20

Great Example Of Citizenship

By Nerdy Wonka 174 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Ahmed, Alwan, Barack Obama, Bronx, citizenship, Community, Community Service, deli, game, instagram, kindness, Lucky Candy, New York, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, Presideent, Tik Tok, tweets

What a great example of citizenship, what each of us can do to make a difference for all of us: cnn.com/2020/02/10/us/…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 13, 2020

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