Reparations And White Privilege

Talking reparations and white privilege. #BetweenTheScenes https://t.co/snfdDr5qTv

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The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 08, 2020

Call It What It Is: White Supremacy

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 05, 2019

Until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these traged… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 05, 2019

We Refuse To Sit Idly By

I’ve always been proud of what this team accomplished during my administration. But more than what we did, I’m prou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 27, 2019

The Cruel Realities Of Racism

Let’s be clear here: The opposition was to court-ordered desegregation, not to busing. There was no vehicle that wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

White kids *never* bore the brunt of busing. It was black kids most of the time who were bused out of black neighbo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

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Funny how in this discuss no one ever brings up Charlotte (Swann v Mecklenburg Co) or all the places across the Sou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

White journalists readily buy into this faux idea of busing because many of them would not enroll their kids in sch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

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White resistance to integration occurred no matter what. And white flight occurred both in cities that implemented… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

Millions of white kids rode buses everyday to get to school and it was never a problem until it because a tool of d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

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People often forget that Linda Brown sued for the right to attend her neighborhood school instead of the black one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

White racism should not determine the constitutional rights of black children.

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

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In NYC, for example, both pre- and post-Brown, white children were bused away from their neigh schools at the behes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2019

Lol to y’all who keep arguing white resistance to “busing” was about travel time. Is that why white mobs attacked s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 30, 2019

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Read. A. Book.

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 30, 2019

White Northerners harassed black children, threatened black children, beat black children riding buses into white s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 30, 2019

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@nhannahjones Parents in mostly white Englewood Cliffs, NJ have been fighting to not send their kids to mostly Blac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Tony Choi (@tonykchoi) June 30, 2019

@nhannahjones 1987/2017. https://t.co/xBK8a0pX3t

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Tony Choi (@tonykchoi) June 30, 2019

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My grandfather had to drive my mom and her siblings to the bus stop because white kids would throw mangled stray an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) June 30, 2019

@MorganJerkins I’ve interview black families who would trail the bus to the white school in order to make sure thei… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 30, 2019

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@nhannahjones I saw it. My red hair got me a front row seat in Southie. Mothers using baby carriages to hold rocks,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Jo-Ann Dwyer #DAT (@JoAnnDwyer5) June 30, 2019

I’ve refrained from weighing in on this for now (stay tuned). But fortunately, here’s @nhannahjones. Impt to see ho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 29, 2019

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@malikwashington @jbouie And the whites families in my Wilmington neighborhood sure don’t seem to mind travel time… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Jessica Scarane (@ohjessicamarie) June 30, 2019

It was Black children who bore the burden of travel time during/before court ordered desegregation. Howard HS in Wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Malik (@malikwashington) June 30, 2019

POTUS: Helping People Find Their Voice

Abortion Saves Lives

@ben_the_mof @YellowFund Give money to @AbortionCare, @AbortionFunds, @ClinicVest, and @SisterSong_WOC.

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Lauren Rankin (@laurenarankin) May 18, 2019

If abortion is your choice, then yes - I’m pro-abortion. Abortion is a moral, responsible choice, worthy of respect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Lauren Rankin (@laurenarankin) May 16, 2019

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Things we're going to do: -Donate to @YellowFund -Call our local clinic to volunteer as a clinic escort Things we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Lauren Rankin (@laurenarankin) May 15, 2019

I wanted to see if anyone from our industry would speak out about the abortion bill, but I guess people are too sca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Héctor Bellerín (@HectorBellerin) May 17, 2019

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A long time ago an ex of mine got pregnant. We had used birth control but it still happened. We thought we were bei… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Kristian Bruun (@MrKristianBruun) May 17, 2019

it's weird how little we as men talk about how abortions have saved our lives...

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

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when i was 22 my partner found out she was pregnant in the bathroom of the Tisch building. I did not know what to d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

i went with her to a place in an office building in midtown. i remember people yelling at us as we walked in. I rem… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

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the point of this story is that we did not have a child until we were ready, which was about six years later. We tr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

who knows what my life would have been like if I, a skinny 23 year old aspiring artist and writer would have become… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

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who knows what my life would have been like if I, a skinny 23 year old aspiring artist and writer would have become… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

anyway i donated to yellowjacket and signed up to volunteer at PP. Instead of thinking about to say fellas i encour… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 16, 2019

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lol i meant YELLOWHAMMER. not yellowjacket. yellowhammerfund.org

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carvell (@carvellwallace) May 17, 2019

@feministabulous @yellowcardigan I was 20, my gf was 24. A broken condom was involved. I a college drop-out, she… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Honey Cakes (@CakesHc19) May 16, 2019

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A white woman wrote the law. A white woman governor will sign it. 62% of non-college educated white women voted Rep… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Alice Anderson (@AlicePoet) May 15, 2019

22 Senators voted against including an exception for rape or incest in Alabama’s new draconian abortion law. Noti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) May 15, 2019

Anne Hathaway calling out her white sisters https://t.co/9JBieHC4Li

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Oscammer Bin Laden (@THISisLULE) May 18, 2019

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I had an abortion when I was 19. It wasn’t traumatic or particularly interesting. I just didn’t have any money. My… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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mean girl regina (@mikaylaonline) May 17, 2019

I am the happiest, most authentic version of myself I have ever been. I learned vulnerability and patience through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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mean girl regina (@mikaylaonline) May 17, 2019

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I wanted to share this because so much of the narrative surrounding abortion right now is that it must be under tra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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mean girl regina (@mikaylaonline) May 17, 2019

We need to normalize abortion - it is nuanced and uncomfortable and sad and lifesaving and empowering and a of thes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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mean girl regina (@mikaylaonline) May 17, 2019

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Remember the story of that guy who was upset because he knocked up a woman, forced her to have the baby thinking he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Keep me anon (@Playapleathe_) May 17, 2019

@Playapleathe_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 a whole Queen... we will never forget 🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/QsuMOSYau3

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UnConstitutional Black (@BlackGalThinks) May 18, 2019

Standing Against Hatred

Michelle and I send our condolences to the people of New Zealand. We grieve with you and the Muslim community. All… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 15, 2019

“You’ll have to forgive me, these won’t be my best words...” On this heartbreaking day, Waleed reflects and calls… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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The Project (@theprojecttv) March 15, 2019

Major Strides

All 19 black women running for judge in Texas county win hill.cm/vVS2ZPY https://t.co/RPAwBgZ0Jp

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The Hill (@thehill) November 08, 2018

These two judges lost their re-election bids yesterday. twitter.com/helenprejean/s…

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Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) November 07, 2018

A Nation Grieves Again

We grieve for the Americans murdered in Pittsburgh. All of us have to fight the rise of anti-Semitism and hateful r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 27, 2018

The Gospel Truth

If you’ve never had to fight oppression you don’t get to tell us how. Be quiet.

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Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018

The problem with this is that we still woulda been in chains if black people took this advice. The civil rights mov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018

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I have a problem with some of these white journalists who literally never think anything is racist or sexist judgin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 25, 2018

MLK really was right about the dangerousness of white moderates. Y’all are entirely useless. If stopping fascis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 25, 2018

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When you say “let the trump team eat in peace” you’re saying you’re okay with some of us being the meal.

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Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) June 24, 2018

Some of you are incubators for fascism and don’t even know. You think that tolerance comes in infinite supply and i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) June 25, 2018

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What you see in the case of most white journalists and white folks who appear on television to provide commentary i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 25, 2018

That white reporters can consistently ask minorities to find common ground with our oppressors debunks the myth of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 25, 2018

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I am a journalist. I am also black, which will always come first before my job. I cannot "objectively" ignore white… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 25, 2018

It's not that white journos are incapable of seeing white supremacy for what it is. Instead, they aren't forced to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 25, 2018

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Basically, white reporters can't harshly criticize Trump supporters because they likely eat dinner with them at fam… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 25, 2018

@secupp Bottom line is that I'm very comfortable with a non violent form of social censure being visited upon peopl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018

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@secupp Her boss is talking about an infestation and invasion by animals and rapists, etc. Intentionally dehumanizi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018

@secupp If she doesn't want to be held accountable for the administration's evil, she can resign and denounce it.

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John Legend (@johnlegend) June 25, 2018