Our hearts are heavy over yet another shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, at the hands of police. It’s important to conduct a full and transparent investigation, but this is also a reminder of just how badly we need to reimagine policing and public safety in this country. pic.twitter.com/sgcbRjlApr
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 13, 2021
You can find resources and ways to help here: obama.org/anguish-and-ac…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 13, 2021Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America. Although the shooter’s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims underscores an alarming rise in anti-Asian violence that must end.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2021
Yesterday's shootings are another tragic reminder that we have far more work to do to put in place commonsense gun… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2021Michelle and I pray for the victims, their families, everyone grieving these needless and devastating killings—and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2021As if these things aren't related and based on centuries of sexualized and submissive stereotypes of Asian women. White supremacy is rooted in misogyny and racism. https://t.co/C42KyqTGIP
— Millie Tran (@millie) March 17, 2021
When men frame a murderer's actions in terms of him "having a bad day" I can't help but hear them telling the world that they themselves are one bad day away from murdering women, & demanding empathy & recognition for that fact.
— Amal El-Mohtar (@tithenai) March 17, 2021
He had a really bad day. Women die because men have bad days. https://t.co/E8Wn2qocva
— Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) March 17, 2021
White supremacist classist patriarchy is dangerous because it insists on dominance. It leads white men to think we all have to pay for their “bad day.”
— brittany packnett cunningham is on extended break. (@MsPackyetti) March 17, 2021
Because apparently the racist, misogynistic fetishization and abuse of Asian women is just a white dude having a “bad day.”
It’s not economic anxiety, diabetes, or sex addiction. It’s racial hatred. Stop playing on my phone.
— Openly Black Studs Twerkel. (@thewayoftheid) March 17, 2021
We are shaken by the violence in our city that has left 8 ppl dead, including members of the Asian American community. We are gathering info about what happened & the needs of directly impacted are. Now is the time to hold the victims & their families in our hearts & with light pic.twitter.com/Hft5H7IZNW
— AdvancingJusticeATL (@AAAJ_Atlanta) March 17, 2021
I want to know their names, who and what they loved, the people they had waiting for them at home, everything they hoped for. I want to know the fabric of their days and the contexts of their lives.
— kat chow (@katchow) March 17, 2021
"Racism against AAPI Americans is not new.
— Dr. Michelle Au (@AuforGA) March 15, 2021
Otherization of AAPI Americans is not new.
But the motto of the United States is E Pluribus Unum: 'Out of many, one.'
Asian-Americans are part of our country’s plurality.
We are some of the many, and we’re part of that one."#gapol pic.twitter.com/o2lzNb4iIy
In less than 48 hours, we had a historic Asian Oscar moment with multiple firsts in 93 years—then a mass shooting targeting 3 Asian-owned businesses. This is how terrorism works—you’re not allowed to feel safe, accepted, or valued. We can resist. Take up space. Make noise.
— Min Jin Lee (@minjinlee11) March 17, 2021
Last night's shooting & the appalling rise of anti-Asian violence stem frm a sick society where nationalism has again been stoked & normalized. Anti-Black & anti-Asian racism & violence run in tandem in the U.S. Both grps were brought here for labor but never meant to be citizens
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021
Even as this country was recruiting Chinese men to come do the labor white workers would not, they barred Chinese w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021Then this nation passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to prohibit Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. altoget… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021We had to get an amendment to the Constitution to guarantee Black Americans citizenship in their own country, and C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021If you look at racial real estate covenants -- provisions placed on homes that restricted ownership by race -- they… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021And, of course, during World War II, Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps but German Americans were n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act and explicitly racist immigration policy, the Asian population in the United S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021And what has followed -- in reaction to the Civil Rights Movement and Black demands to dismantle white supremacy --… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021But the truth is that Asian Americans are only held up as a model to justify inequality and injustice visited upon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021I stand with my Asian-American brothers and sisters, just as so many of you have stood with us. I grieve. We must o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) March 17, 2021The reported shootings of Asian American women on Tuesday in Atlanta is an unspeakable tragedy – for the families of the victims first and foremost, but also for the AAPI community — which has been reeling from high levels of racial discrimination. https://t.co/rBVPnrEBps
— Stop AAPI Hate (@StopAAPIHate) March 17, 2021
A statement from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum makes the important point of how anti-Asian violence disproportionately impact women #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/npEpv31Oy1
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 17, 2021
"Why the fuck is our healthcare tied to our employment?"
— EsmirElle (@ESMirelle) March 5, 2021
Racism! pic.twitter.com/u8utPyz29n
Everything is tied to racism in America https://t.co/z4sZBgCHtH
— UH82CIT 🙃 🇳🇬 (@PrinceHAK33M) March 7, 2021
Traveling while Black: Never pay with a $20 pic.twitter.com/6Ym8kWy0bW
— The Black Detour (@theblackdetour) January 25, 2021
It’s actually unbelievable how Black people in America aren’t more angry at all times. https://t.co/hlxlD8prYx
— m. (@tweetlikemaya) January 26, 2021
Keep telling me about merit. https://t.co/NMjAfLkG1G
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 4, 2021
I'm sitting here thinking about the longterm impacts of this: Black girls less likely to study STEM, less likely as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 04, 2021AP also matters because it helps you get into more prestigious colleges, and when you get to college, you already h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 04, 2021And, then, of course, if a college admits a Black student without the same AP courses as a white student, we'll cal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 04, 2021@nhannahjones This is the impeccable work of @DaniaFrancis who is a public policy PhD and economist. She also has a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Anna Gifty says #BlackWomenBest (@itsafronomics) February 04, 2021It’s cute how y’all want to believe the guys who stormed the capitol live in their mom’s basement snorting Cheeto dust pissing in Mountain Dew bottles because you don’t want to believe it’s your retired colonel neighbor and your realtor and lawyer and your sister’s cop husband
— Lauren Hough (@laurenthehough) January 14, 2021
Morherfuckers show up to protests driving $50,000 trucks, strap themselves in 5k worth of guns and gear, and you wa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Lauren Hough (@laurenthehough) January 14, 2021@laurenthehough @LeahPetersen That's a word. But it's part of the narrative that poor Southerners are to blame for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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sally kilpatrick (@SuperWriterMom) January 14, 2021@laurenthehough One turned up in a $1,300 Burberry jacket and others travelled there in a private jet. The white pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Fiona B 🌊 (@Feebeekiwi) January 14, 2021When Black and PoC told White folx to talk to their racist relatives during the holidays past four years, they were all like "we don't wanna ruin the mood" over their dry ass unseasoned turkey. And now it's all "let's reach out to them in love." Bye.
— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) January 14, 2021
...I don't care how progressive you are as a White adult, or that you voted for Obama twice - if you stayed silent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) January 14, 2021Every black person in America: https://t.co/fjPMDsLIOW pic.twitter.com/WEybTX5yMM
— The Last 🔝 (@JuSLIKEMIKE911) January 12, 2021
Black people have been under the boot of racism, white supremacy, economic anxiety, inequality and so much else. Despite it all, we somehow didn’t vote for a racist and didn’t storm not nary a U.S. capitol. But sure, let’s keep centering everything around aggrieved white people.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 18, 2021
With so much going on, Dr. King’s leadership is as steadying a force as it’s ever been. I’ve been reflecting a lot on his example, and how it might help us move forward after these last four years. #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/oGCF2wbT18
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) January 18, 2021
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