On this day in 1892, a white mob in Memphis lynched three Black men who had opened a grocery store earlier that year, threatening the racial order by forcing white business owners to compete. https://t.co/jxmnnrUGvv
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 9, 2024
Told y’all they weren’t just coming for CRT (which they don’t even understand). They want to ban all teaching about Black folk. Ultimately they want to roll back even the most basic progress of the past 1/2 century.
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) December 23, 2023
MO school board bans black history.https://t.co/7ytidiB1lG
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The same people who don’t want to admit the Civil War was about slavery are the same people who want to ban Critical Race Theory and teaching African American Studies
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) December 29, 2023
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VP Harris criticized DeSantis over the language in the summer. DeSantis invited her to a debate over the curriculum, which she rejected.
— aaron navarro (@aaronlarnavarro) December 28, 2023
“There is no roundtable— we will accept to debate an undeniable fact. There were no redeeming qualities of slavery.” https://t.co/wFHmX5K6cU
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Nikki Haley defended not citing slavery as the cause of the Civil War during a campaign event in New Hampshire, saying that this was “a given” for people who grew up in the South: “To me, it was about freedom. It’s bigger than slavery.” https://t.co/srBkAo1OVR pic.twitter.com/GMPjLwZ8Qn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 28, 2023
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Nikki Haley’s refusal to even acknowledge slavery reminds me of Malcolm X’s wisdom from 60+ years ago when asked if we’ve made “progress” on racial justice.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 28, 2023
No! He responds. Because “They wont even admit the knife is there.”
How little has changed.😐pic.twitter.com/KiDdCB1T8E
Texas continues to discriminate against Black students despite passage of CROWN Act – United States Hypocrisy https://t.co/QUcWLw2KxN
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 16, 2023
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Why is Barbers Hill ISD still punishing students over hairstyle after Texas passed the CROWN Act? (Editorial) https://t.co/fJw70eEzJ0
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) December 21, 2023
Dealership Calls Cops On Black Woman Falsely Accused Of Using Fraudulent… https://t.co/8m6Km0jy3t via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 12, 2023
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Only 33% of UNLV faculty are BIPOC, but all four victims were (the fourth victim’s identity is unconfirmed but sources say he is AAPI). So far campus administration has not acknowledged this fact. Proud of this op-ed by my #UNLV colleagues. #UNLVStrong https://t.co/uBt4tNAEpF
— Brittany Paloma Fiedler (@bpfiedler) December 14, 2023
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Ex-Obama Official Charged With HATE Crime For Harassing Halal Food Cart … https://t.co/RUHZw9p6E0 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) November 28, 2023
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Where is FIRE? Where are all the people so worried about repression of campus speech and academic freedom? This is just deplorable. Society is regressing and we should all be appalled. https://t.co/dgoyoZzDHR
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) December 13, 2023
A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over dress code policy
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 5, 2023
The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom https://t.co/FagUgXF8PL
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In a shocking hate crime at a Kansas HS, a white boy viciously attacked a Black girl student while yelling the N Word. The assault resulted in the Black girl’s nose being broken and her hospitalization. The school suspended the Black girl for 5 days. https://t.co/Xe1W4xV4tT
— The Kansas City Defender (@KCDefender) November 28, 2023
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Shawnee Mission East students demand change after racist attack | The Kansas City Star https://t.co/Zba5tqqDY5
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) December 6, 2023
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A Texas woman is accusing her sons’ school district of failing to condemn racism after she says they were subjected to anti-Asian American taunts on the bus, and her older boy had a swastika drawn on his shirt last year. https://t.co/ysVROnsIJt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2023
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My newest piece discussing algorithmic racism in AI + EdTech was just published in @theprogressive ! I discuss how anti-black infrastructures exacerbate educational inequity, automating the school to prison nexus via The New Jim Code (@ruha9)https://t.co/wGq2a8iY4W
— Dr. Tiera Chantè Tanksley (@DrTanksley) November 25, 2023
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Palestinian students are delgating and explaining their experiences with Anti Palestinian racism and Islamophobia in schools. The youngest speaker is 16, and says her principle told her Palestine will never be free. #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/JZCSkgvAdI
— Sarah Jama (@SarahJama_) December 5, 2023
Stay alert: These ‘simple’ comments are actually being used to spread hate against Black and Jewish creators pic.twitter.com/tQ1jVo7Xst
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 12, 2023
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Black HS student Darryl George received a week-plus suspension over his loc hairstyle — just days AFTER Texas’ CROWN Act went into effect! That law bans discrimination based on a student’s hair texture or protective hairstyle, including locs and braids! https://t.co/Ap0d3kKypw
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 13, 2023
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The Bullpen: Exclusive: Denny’s Customers Facing Discrimination, Speak Out https://t.co/AbDTe3Ozjz via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 6, 2023
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Shame this must be spelled out for Bill Maher
— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) September 5, 2023
—The goal is RACIAL JUSTICE
—MLK believed in that! 👆
—“The woke” believe you must first diagnose racism to eradicate racism
—The “position of the KKK” was to eradicate BLACK PEOPLE https://t.co/UmFPiwFuMK
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EXCLUSIVE: Black Truckers Denied Service At Denny’s, Kicked Out For Bein… https://t.co/p4kMjPKpve via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 31, 2023
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In which Trump promoter Charlie Kirk demands that I, a brown American *citizen*, should be deported.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 30, 2023
“Send him back to the country he came from.”
Just pure unadulterated racism from the MAGA right.https://t.co/R5GLKL5RPx
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Representative Justin Jones talking about the racial terrorism in the United States and the mental health issue of us not doing anything to stop it.
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 30, 2023
Check out ReadyForRevolution’s video! #TikTok https://t.co/keIEUYREgZ
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The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 30, 2023
Words matter.
Words have consequences.https://t.co/5pC8oVJBY4
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As the nation learned that a White man killed three Black people in a racist attack in Jacksonville, Florida, Saturday, it renewed for many the sense of urgency to confront the racism that still permeates the United States. https://t.co/YnWV2V1BPM
— CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2023
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In July, a 14-yo teen reportedly attempted to drown a Black teen in Chatham, Mass., after picking up a stone, threatening the victim & calling him a racial slur. The suspect allegedly laughed while holding the victim underwater & called him George Floyd. https://t.co/lLzcj37ftt
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 2, 2023
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Appalling to see Nazi flags and such raw displays of #antisemitism and #racism in Florida yesterday, only one week after the fatal hate crime in Jacksonville. Elected leaders on both sides should denounce this activity and stop the normalization of hate. https://t.co/0o4TvcnX05
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) September 3, 2023
“You can’t kill our loved ones, just because of the color of their skin, just because they were living while Black,” said @AttorneyCrump. “We cannot let them kill our loved ones for just knocking on a door, for loving their children, while Black.”https://t.co/jR6kUgPNSe
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) June 14, 2023
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Judge calls white supremacy a “cancer” after sentencing Buffalo supermar… https://t.co/mNEIhcsnWp via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) June 11, 2023
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“As young as 4 to 6 years old, children of color begin to experience race-based traumatic stress,” finds Dr. Steven Kniffley, a licensed psychologist.
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) June 1, 2023
✍🏾 @anniema15 https://t.co/4YjHplLhcE
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed a racist law that orders all state-funded colleges and universities in Texas to close their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices. Let’s put this action in perspective. A thread. 1/https://t.co/cusWVVbkEw
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) June 16, 2023
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All state-funded colleges and universities in Texas will have to close their diversity, equity and inclusion offices under a measure signed into law by Gov. Abbott. https://t.co/FmGYO4EG5E
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 16, 2023
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Shutting down DEI offices on the eve of Juneteenth is nasty work. https://t.co/HxYIMN7olI
— Anna Gifty says buy The Black Agenda Book! (@itsafronomics) June 16, 2023
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Kind of crazy how to majority of people opposing critical race theory have today off. What do they tell their kids?
— Kalen Allen (@TheKalenAllen) June 19, 2023
A new @JAMANetwork study found that the higher death rates of Black people when compared to White people resulted in 1.63 million excess Black deaths and a cumulative loss of more than 80 million years of Black life from 1999 to 2020. Racism is genocidal.https://t.co/jQOe4EZYyT pic.twitter.com/BcdH7NvHpJ
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 22, 2023
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We must double-down in our opposition to those who wish to erase history. We cannot concede ground on what’s fact & what’s fiction. It is imperative to the future of our country that we #TeachTrueHistory. That’s why the @NAACP_LDF‘ s work is so important.https://t.co/dpusgjuxxB
— Martin Luther King III (@OfficialMLK3) May 27, 2023
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The @HRC joined other civil rights organizations in issuing a travel warning for #Florida.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 27, 2023
They warn that newly passed laws and policies may pose risks to minorities, immigrants and gay travelers. https://t.co/Iqe2J9s6NI
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“Forced pregnancy was also a feature of American slavery,” Goodwin testified.
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) May 24, 2023
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Fascinating to read the College Board’s letter on the AP African American Studies debacle. https://t.co/KWdw8AGQUs
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 12, 2023
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College Board caves on AP African American history course https://t.co/i7YNQJL1EP pic.twitter.com/Sl0ZecyLNM
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 1, 2023
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WATCH: Kimberlé Crenshaw explains how the College Board’s revisions to the AP African American studies curriculum are creating a system of “segregated education” in the country. https://t.co/fcNbI0euAp pic.twitter.com/UOh7ky4yua
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 5, 2023
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Reverend Al Sharpton is leading hundreds to the Florida Capitol in protest of @GovRonDeSantis’ opposition to a proposed AP African American Studies course. pic.twitter.com/gyHCV8vUpM
— Jason Delgado (@byJasonDelgado) February 15, 2023
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Florida is ground zero of the American culture wars over education. Black stories will not be erased out of American history. #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/ZRw8FAtQma
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) February 16, 2023
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First, they said it was only about CRT. Then it became Diversity, Equity, + Inclusion… and African American studies. Next, he threatened the cancellation of all AP courses.
— Carlos Guillermo Smith (@CarlosGSmith) February 15, 2023
Now, Ron DeSantis appointees are trying to eliminate merit-based scholarships for minority students.⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9QvKTQZVch
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The @haymarketbooks publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the @CollegeBoard revised its AP African American studies course.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 10, 2023
The company is also looking to target #Florida especially.https://t.co/95G6nWapjO
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Black leaders today ramped up their ongoing criticism of Gov. Ron DeSantis over Florida’s opposition to a new AP African American studies course, claiming that the Republican governor is spurring a cultural battle to aid his expected presidential bid.https://t.co/n8ZTgMaqsu
— POLITICO (@politico) February 16, 2023
WATCH: Racist Bullies ATTACK To Black Teens At Pool https://t.co/PvmpX15nxO via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) December 31, 2022
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Students at University of Missouri are demanding the expulsion of Meg Miller, who posted on Snapchat: “If they would have killed 4 more niggers we would have had the whole week off.” https://t.co/TUe6g1gPfl
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 10, 2022
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we all know why @thehill decided to choose a Black woman’s picture for this article rather than the famous white man at the center of this story https://t.co/sDvxhpCUPW pic.twitter.com/tMyG8zU9Vh
— Keillan Cruickshank (check pinned tweet) (@iwritecoolstuff) January 4, 2023
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The conservative attack on Critical Race Theory is sometimes dismissed as political theater. But after Florida passed an anti-CRT law, one university’s sociology department canceled its three courses on race. Here’s my report: https://t.co/UAtkjHJGfX
— Dan Golden (@DanLGolden) January 3, 2023
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Black is beautiful and so is our hair.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) December 22, 2022
Hair discrimination has no place in society, and we won’t stop fighting to pass the #CROWNAct and codify this fundamental truth into law. https://t.co/4YpQZZaMs8