July 3, 2024 by V Leigh

The most dangerous racist idea is the notion that Black communities are dangerous. It endangers Black people when politicians express this racist idea. It protects Black people when politicians express that levels of poverty, unemployment, and guns better explain levels of violence than a community’s racial makeup.

“Look, the crime is most rampant right here and in African American communities,” Trump said at 180 Church in Detroit. “More people see me and they say, ‘Sir, we want protection. We want police to protect us. We don’t want to get robbed and mugged and beat up or killed because we…
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) June 16, 2024

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Malcolm X on the role of the police and media in portraying Black people as criminals. pic.twitter.com/GuZzt8o6Wj
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) June 20, 2024

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Reminder that the 13 Amendment still allows slavery in this country. https://t.co/ix3C0qpuIv
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 20, 2024

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June 17, 2024 by V Leigh

A reminder that white supremacy in 2024 isn’t only a KKK terrorist wearing a hood—it’s also South Carolina Board of Education removing AP African American Studies from its curriculum, but proudly keeping AP European History. This is how systemic racism continues to thrive today.

A reminder that white supremacy in 2024 isn’t only a KKK terrorist wearing a hood—it’s also South Carolina Board of Education removing AP African American Studies from its curriculum, but proudly keeping AP European History.

This is how systemic racism continues to thrive today.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 11, 2024

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The South Carolina Department of Education said AP African American studies will not be offered in the state’s schools anymore https://t.co/6gjinkvU7l
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 10, 2024

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The more Black people support a policy in the U.S., the *lower* the likelihood that U.S. institutions write that policy into law.https://t.co/Wr6vKfnvnG https://t.co/3R0LWOuU7i pic.twitter.com/bXfF8mZBF3
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) June 10, 2024

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After an appeals court ruled against the Fearless Fund for black women-run startups, critically acclaimed actor @WendellPierce speaks out. Why he shared his experience with modern racism. “I wanted to show the damaging effect of when bigotry is memorialized in law.” pic.twitter.com/rUgXZfIPPM
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 5, 2024

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3 Black male passengers recount their humiliating experience of being pulled off an American Airlines flight with other Black passengers over a reported complaint about body odor. The men didn’t know each other or sit near each other! They are now filing a lawsuit alleging racial… pic.twitter.com/z4pLMtVZ1E
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 30, 2024

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A team of Public Integrity reporters, editors, & researchers used Freedmen’s Bureau records to identify 1,250 Black men & women who had earned land as reparations after the Civil War. A year and a half later, almost all the land had been taken back. READ: https://t.co/l04c7WfagE
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 15, 2024

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BREAKING: The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed the Tulsa Race Massacre case, in what was likely the final opportunity for survivors to receive justicehttps://t.co/5AOAwneh0e
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 12, 2024

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June 4, 2024 by V Leigh

The FL Board of Education will continue to teach problematic Black history lessons on slavery! These standards will require students to learn about the so-called “benefits” of slavery. This is a slap in the face to the Black community & MUST be revoked!

The FL Board of Education will continue to teach problematic Black history lessons on slavery! These standards will require students to learn about the so-called “benefits” of slavery. This is a slap in the face to the Black community & MUST be revoked! https://t.co/ubcvwZmYUr
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 2, 2024

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Governing board of North Carolina’s 17-school public university system repeals diversity, equity and inclusion policy.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 23, 2024

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which one did you learn in school?

🖌️How Successful Black Communities Were Burnt Down Through Race Riots…https://t.co/CfcyqPgclj pic.twitter.com/9GZ6UdAzHk
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) May 17, 2024

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Sister Souljah Explains Her Definition of Good White People. pic.twitter.com/RmsKPDjEQw
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) May 25, 2024

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— ceeks (@70Ceeks) May 22, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

2020: attacks on BLM
2022: attacks on CRT
2023: attacks on “woke”
2024: attacks on DEI

It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2024

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Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’https://t.co/QMdcQovw60 pic.twitter.com/yngRuikUgk
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2024

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Imagine creating Diversity departments and the only people afraid to engage are white people.

Instead of learning and leaning in, they’d rather close the departments down.

Racism covered up into politics
— WE ALL WE GOT (@ez3ll) April 26, 2024

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But the real danger on college campuses is DEI and students being exposed to dialogue about race and racism. https://t.co/uSuFw8AiiP
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2024

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That shit that went down at Ole Miss is proof that colleges actually need to focus on CRT. When you’ve got a crowd of 20-somethings standing around laughing and the police telling the Black woman to calm down while a White man makes monkey gestures at her, that’s a problem.
— Big – GOP POLS own the Border Disorder – Teezy (@TNSouthernlib) May 4, 2024

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Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.

The Hill’s Race and Politics reporter @CheyannaMarie97 is following the march live. pic.twitter.com/x4w7PUhY67
— The Hill (@thehill) May 3, 2024

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March 9, 2024 by V Leigh

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.

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

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December 29, 2023 by V Leigh

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. MO school board bans black history.

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.

MO school board bans black history.https://t.co/7ytidiB1lG
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) December 23, 2023

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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.

“There is no roundtable— we will accept to debate an undeniable fact. There were no redeeming qualities of slavery.” https://t.co/wFHmX5K6cU
— aaron navarro (@aaronlarnavarro) December 28, 2023

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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.

No! He responds. Because “They wont even admit the knife is there.”

How little has changed.😐pic.twitter.com/KiDdCB1T8E
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 28, 2023

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December 22, 2023 by V Leigh

Texas continues to discriminate against Black students despite passage of CROWN Act – United States Hypocrisy

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

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December 15, 2023 by V Leigh

Dealership Calls Cops On Black Woman Falsely Accused Of Using Fraudulent Check

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

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December 8, 2023 by V Leigh

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a months long standoff over dress code policy The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom school racism

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

The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom https://t.co/FagUgXF8PL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 5, 2023

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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

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September 14, 2023 by V Leigh

The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence. Words matter. Words have consequences.

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

—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
— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) September 5, 2023

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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.

“Send him back to the country he came from.”

Just pure unadulterated racism from the MAGA right.https://t.co/R5GLKL5RPx
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 30, 2023

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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.

Check out ReadyForRevolution’s video! #TikTok https://t.co/keIEUYREgZ
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 30, 2023

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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.

Words matter.

Words have consequences.https://t.co/5pC8oVJBY4
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 30, 2023

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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

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A reminder that white supremacy in 2024 isn’t only a KKK terrorist wearing a hood—it’s also South Carolina Board of Education removing AP African American Studies from its curriculum, but proudly keeping AP European History. This is how systemic racism continues to thrive today.

The FL Board of Education will continue to teach problematic Black history lessons on slavery! These standards will require students to learn about the so-called “benefits” of slavery. This is a slap in the face to the Black community & MUST be revoked!

2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

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.

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. MO school board bans black history.

Texas continues to discriminate against Black students despite passage of CROWN Act – United States Hypocrisy

Dealership Calls Cops On Black Woman Falsely Accused Of Using Fraudulent Check

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a months long standoff over dress code policy The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom school racism

The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence. Words matter. Words have consequences.