August 3, 2016 by V Leigh

Do not stay neutral! Being neutral helps oppressors, not their victims.

Will Smith: ‘Racism Isn’t Getting Worse, It’s Getting Filmed’https://t.co/nUn4VkAsd3 pic.twitter.com/mRQbEMNHfh

— Black Reparations!! (@ReparationsAct) August 1, 2016

19 officers in San Francisco were caught sending racist text messages to one another. MOST kept their jobs. https://t.co/Ye10aSSLaH

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 28, 2016

On the very day I wrote about racist police, our team busted an NYPD detective being a bigot all over Facebook. https://t.co/iiEILZpUzS

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 28, 2016

Giuliani Wants To Start Electronically Tagging Muslims https://t.co/Z0q8Czzx8H

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 28, 2016

Virulent racism seems to run in the Trump family https://t.co/7HO0E32RWO

— Salon (@Salon) August 1, 2016

Miss Teen USA to keep her crown despite ranting about ‘n****rs’ on Twitter https://t.co/kqBISbzrh1 pic.twitter.com/L78SA04jWp

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 1, 2016

Do not stay neutral!
Being neutral helps oppressors, not their victims. #BlackTwitter #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/yOfwWiHyD2

— Crystal Johnson (@Crystal1Johnson) July 30, 2016

July 25, 2016 by V Leigh

Even in professional basketball black women are leading the charge for change in social justice.

"race controversies": I have a dream that one day journalists will stop dressing up the word RACISM. https://t.co/qtGrn26lwO

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) July 20, 2016

Today would be Emmett Till's 75th birthday & it's important that we remember him as the child he was, not just an abstract political idea.

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 25, 2016

SOLUTIONS

A 25 part series on the nuts & bolts of how we actually solve the problem of police brutality in Americahttps://t.co/ZWpRtRzhB4

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 22, 2016

Even in professional basketball black women are leading the charge for change in social justice. https://t.co/1xSF5goHDa

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) July 22, 2016

July 19, 2016 by V Leigh

Racism is a Public Health Crisis

CBS news producer Charles Beau Menefee has been fired for threatening to "bomb" protestors https://t.co/SVCa2ehQ62 pic.twitter.com/uzEogDuQpx

— Mic (@mic) July 16, 2016

Must watch: @SenatorTimScott talks about being profiled, accused of impersonating a Senator by capitol police: https://t.co/ZXtgKeT9KN

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 14, 2016

White Supremacist Slaughters Three In Washington ……. https://t.co/I3xUau2jwt

–> how was he radicalized? pic.twitter.com/0AWRvjuud6

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) July 17, 2016

For @NewYorker, I wrote about how systemic racism is a public health crisis in America. https://t.co/8uzVJGQrgA pic.twitter.com/hmcXhOAaCt

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 16, 2016

That exact moment where Congressman Steve King goes full white supremacist. An ahistorical mess. Textbook racism.https://t.co/g6waq3I8fC

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 19, 2016

I'm not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

It's weird when you have to turn to Sports news to hear rational, empathetic discourse on racism.https://t.co/BKvPjrt90B

— 5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) July 18, 2016

New poll reveals that Americans’ anti-immigrant attitudes are fueled by racism https://t.co/dI4GgkTe0F pic.twitter.com/vy8F3hz6dL

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 16, 2016

May 26, 2016 by V Leigh

Black Lives Still Matter

Police in most developed countries rarely, if ever, kill knife-wielding men. https://t.co/qK4iNpqmLg

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016

US police have killed 60 people armed with knives in 2016. Police in other developed countries rarely, if ever, kill in these situations.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 18, 2016

BREAKING: Three @oaklandpoliceca officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. https://t.co/CV7PTx9qe5 pic.twitter.com/aNPRkrGUT6

— KPIX 5 (@CBSSF) May 12, 2016

y'all. https://t.co/yQ4Cr34trn

— dr.* deray mckesson (@deray) May 25, 2016

"One in four women in the United States has a family member in prison. For Black women, the number is even more… https://t.co/2jObwYNvhb

— Dignity & Power Now (@PowerDignity) May 25, 2016

"Zimmerman is yet again capitalizing on Black lives not mattering, like every infamous American racist before him." https://t.co/YSY7jvTBGc

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 13, 2016

THIS NEEDS TO BE SEEN!!!!
12y/o black girl victim of attempted LYNCHING in 2016#BlackToLive https://t.co/jHWc4IVp6e pic.twitter.com/nR1tjoy5fB

— 1-800-WOKE-AF (@gloed_up) May 25, 2016

March 2, 2016 by V Leigh

Heroes face legal fight for opposing the #KKK #Anaheim

Racist gang that shoots unarmed Latinos back-up racist gang that stabbed Latinos https://t.co/LilJli2eQn #Anaheim #KKK

— Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) March 2, 2016

The struggle against KKK terror is not a thing of the past. Solidarity with the heroes who stood up in #Anaheim pic.twitter.com/MZurCXWHw5

— Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) March 2, 2016

No words. #KKKrally #Anaheim pic.twitter.com/kvppIQ4iBv

— Tymeaux†hy (@DJ_THR33CUPS) February 27, 2016

Heroes face legal fight for opposing the #KKK #Anaheim
KKK released w/o charge
Donate
Pleasehttps://t.co/3qmtF9eIaU pic.twitter.com/N4JqQoMz2V

— ⇐Unified Left (@UnifiedLeft) March 1, 2016

February 29, 2016 by Oppression Monitor

Chris Rock at the Oscars: Hollywood is ‘a different type of racist’

Chris Rock pulls no punches, Stacey Dash has an awkward moment and a company confuses Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah Winfrey.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.diversityinc.com

February 29, 2016 by Oppression Monitor

New info surfaces in San Francisco police shooting of #AlexNieto

“Police fired 48 bullets at Nieto, who died in minutes. The autopsy shows he was wounded 14 times; five of those bullets hit his head and torso at an angle that suggests they struck Nieto after he hit the ground.”

Sourced through Scoop.it from: abc7news.com

#AlexNieto had just completed his Associates degree in criminology.
There was no evidence that he fired his tazer at the scene. None. A bystander said Nieto had his hands in his pockets.

#LatinosAreHuman
#DisarmThePolice
#SayHisName

February 26, 2016 by Oppression Monitor

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Employees: Black Lives Matter

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Employees: Black Lives Matter

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.colorlines.com

February 24, 2016 by Oppression Monitor

Cops Raid Wrong House and Kill an Innocent Young Man – Steal Witness’s Phone for Filming It

police brutality, police murder, wrong house

Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com

#EdgarCamacho-Alvarado #SayHisName

February 12, 2016 by V Leigh

Black Lives Matter will always ring true.

The UN has released a statement detailing concerns about the US and its treatment of Blacks: https://t.co/MTjcqmZtsN pic.twitter.com/ODIzEHGPyH

— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) February 6, 2016

@JONVS_ @whatsuptucson @OverlordKraken @DezBryant plz share this happen to my 7yr old today and racism needs to stop time to expose it

— Justin Askew (@JustinAskew1) February 5, 2016

Most people shot by Houston police were black, despite being 24% of the population. https://t.co/KikYo07KpA pic.twitter.com/CT1HCi8A7N

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 9, 2016

#NatashaMcKenna 's murder rocked us to our core. For those who bore witness&those who couldn't. On 2/8, remember her pic.twitter.com/TDetGXMnUA

— Erika Totten (@2LiveUnchained) February 3, 2016

@getgln Chicago, Wednesday, March 2: A Major Day of Resistance to Stop Police Terror https://t.co/xMozUTfvvK pic.twitter.com/34f2o0kmJt

— revcom volunteers (@tuneintorevcom) February 8, 2016

APD confirms black teen killed in yesterday's officer involved shooting was unarmed @keyetv https://t.co/Fijj6clvwE

— Nadia Galindo (@NadiaKEYE) February 9, 2016

A poor, black community is left without access to clean water. But this one's in Texas. https://t.co/daYbAg9iTe pic.twitter.com/adnsnhH6OI

— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) February 3, 2016

Black Lives Matter isn't going anywhere https://t.co/zq9IWp0Vb5 by @MsPackyetti

— Angela Pashia (@LibrarianAngie) February 9, 2016

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