Trayvon Martin: 10 Years

It’s hard to believe it's been 10 years since Trayvon Martin was killed. Leading up to this anniversary, I reflected on what his death meant to me as president, as a Black parent, and as a Black man—as well as what it meant for our country. pic.twitter.com/Ywt22dOGup

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2022

The Black Mother

"That was the dilemma and continued to be the dilemma of the Black mother."

Former first lady @MichelleObama reflects on the long legacy of Emmett Till's murder for Black families in America. https://t.co/eYY5G0mWrN pic.twitter.com/inHwLmy0Ss

— ABC News (@ABC) January 6, 2022

The Tulsa Race Massacre

On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we remember all those who were killed and the survivors who bravely continue to share their stories so that we never forget this painful part of our history. Take a moment to learn about what happened: https://t.co/RiqrSpKGNz

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 31, 2021

Again, There Is No Reforming This

If you are still claiming police needed to kill a child I don't have anything to say to you. Because you're clearly okay with the state murdering kids & that's so far down the road to hell there's no turning back. We can't agree to disagree, we can't discuss it. You have to go.

— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) April 21, 2021

This is my foster sister Ma’Khia I want her to be remembered as the sweet full of life young girl she was, not as what people are painting her out to be. I refuse for her to be painted as anything but the amazing girl she was #MakiahBryant pic.twitter.com/ayJsMcTwz0

— Asia (@itsasiiiaaa_) April 21, 2021

Casually suggesting a taser as a de-escalation tool – especially on a child – is depraved.

— blackness everdeen 🐺 (@traceyecorder) April 21, 2021

this is makhia bryant, the teenager that was just shot and killed by cops in columbus. my heart hurts so bad. https://t.co/LeuSM0NEhg

— no (@afroelven) April 21, 2021

Police killed at least 5 people today. This morning they killed someone in Lakewood, CO. Police killed two people in San Antonio this afternoon. Then they killed someone in Detroit and killed #makhiabryant in Columbus. https://t.co/GfRHZzTZvP

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) April 21, 2021

This happened at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. The kids who did it were overwhelmingly white. No police showed up, no tear gas or "less-than-lethal munitions deployed. Police in that same city just murdered 16 year old Black girl #makhiabryant. https://t.co/Dcyo0wgj3h

— No (@MattStofflet) April 21, 2021

A Black girl is dead because the cops brought a gun to a damn knife fight. If you don’t know how to de-escalate teen girls who are fighting, you should not be a police officer. I said what I said. #MakhiaBryant

— Brittney Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk) April 21, 2021

A lot of you will walk away from this and soothe yourselves with the language that this was justified. It is neithe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Brittney Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk) April 21, 2021

We’ve literally seen cops apprehend, ARMED white teens, MOMENTS after the teens/young adults murdered people. Let’s not play this game. Short, short memories. Some even get taken to Burger King. Humanity is something not afforded to Black youth. Even when calling 4 help.

— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) April 21, 2021

There Is No Reforming This

You cannot reform a system that not only would lie on a child, but kill a child.

— Shay Stewart Bouley (@blackgirlinmain) April 15, 2021

The Adam Toledo was so horrifying that Chicago boarded up municipal buildings before the video was released. That tells you all you need to know.

— roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021

You cannot reform the police. They are poisoned fruit from a poisoned tree. That police think shooting a child is b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021

And the mayor calling for peace and calm? There is no peace or calm in the face of this crime. There isn’t. The pol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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roxane gay (@rgay) April 15, 2021

After chasing him, the police officer says, "Show me your fkin hands."

Adam Toledo turns around w/ his hands up, and the officer shoots him.

After he shoots him, the officer says, "Look at me, look at me. You alright?"

Adam Toledo died. He was 13.

You cannot reform this. https://t.co/VtVfq1UQyI

— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) April 15, 2021

The prosecutor did not “make an error.” He lied.

He lied about the police killing a child.

Ending this isn’t just about consequences for who pulls the trigger. It’s about admitting to and confronting an entire system that exists to protect, defend, and cover up state violence. https://t.co/pKkb8PMchR

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 16, 2021

The executive officer of internal affairs in the Norfolk Police Dept. donated $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse with a message:

“Every rank & file police officer supports you. Don’t be discouraged by actions of the political class of law enforcement leadership.” https://t.co/VVuiAfG3iX

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 16, 2021

Norfolk Police Department announces this officer “has been reassigned to another division pending the results of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 16, 2021

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— Lesley-Ann Brandt (@LesleyAnnBrandt) April 13, 2021

400 hundred CONVICTIONS. He is twenty-five. There is no reforming this. https://t.co/BiP9OGhdAS

— Vackie Joyner-Kersee (@themelaniedione) April 19, 2021

Black People Are Traumatized

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, 2021

Hatred And Violence

Even 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, 2021

Michelle 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, 2021

As 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.”

Because apparently the racist, misogynistic fetishization and abuse of Asian women is just a white dude having a “bad day.”

— brittany packnett cunningham is on extended break. (@MsPackyetti) March 17, 2021

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

Take Up Space

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.

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

— Dr. Michelle Au (@AuforGA) March 15, 2021

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, 2021

Then 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, 2021

We 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, 2021

If 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, 2021

And, 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, 2021

Because 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, 2021

And 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, 2021

But 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, 2021

I 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, 2021

The 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

It’s The Racism

"Why the fuck is our healthcare tied to our employment?"
Racism! pic.twitter.com/u8utPyz29n

— EsmirElle (@ESMirelle) March 5, 2021

Everything is tied to racism in America https://t.co/z4sZBgCHtH

— UH82CIT 🙃 🇳🇬 (@PrinceHAK33M) March 7, 2021

The Past Is Prologue

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