#Racial

Mike Kelsey

mikekelsey

A brief story and relevant reminder. Dr. George Kelsey, of Morehouse University, was my distant uncle. My grandfather’s great uncle. He mentored MLK, Jr. and thankfully some of their correspondence

Arcanist Press

ArcanistPress

So @Wizards_DnD has a #DnD book coming out in Nov (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything) that allows players to change their racial traits. Great!We hope it addresses the essentialism present in

✨kate

UnbotheredKate

Important: Washington State is allocating $100M in rental assistance for tenants who are behind on rent. I’m reading the documents now and will post info about the program below. (1/x)

Genie Lauren

MoreAndAgain

I'm listening to an episode of NPR's Code Switch, and apparently, 60% of black voters in South Carolina were influenced by Jim Clyburn's endorsement. . .As in. . . they

James A. Robichaux

JamesRobichaux

"Taxpayer dollars" is a bigoted trope designed precisely to get us thinking as individuals apart from society and not as members of a community.Read this @MotherJones piece from Camille Walsh,

ProPublica

propublica

Meet Dr. Foluso Fakorede.He’s the only cardiologist in Bolivar County, Mississippi. He runs what's called the Amputation Prevention Institute.@lizziepresser spent months unpacking why black diabetics lose their limbs at three

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softvenomsnake

now here’s the not hot take. it is quite possible that this kind of change is not what the majority of those in this country are ready for. change is

Jude Abraham 🇮🇱

AravindAbraham

It is racist to suggest some people are less accountable for their decisions/actions due to their race. This is what is known as the racism of low expectations.Please see the

Kevin JC

kaejacee

On Bunkers, a Thread:9/11: Bush refuses to go to bunker, orders secret service to return him to Oval to address the nation. He later says, "I was aware of the

Isabelle No climate justice without racial justice

IsabelleLetell1

Shall we remove Linnaeus' statue in front of the Swedish Library? Linnaeus is known for his biological taxonomy. He also classified "races". Can we call it the "racism of his

Jennifer Ho

DrJenHo

Attending a talk by @Centerwest by Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson (PhD from my alma mater @UCSB) “Black Leaders in the Struggle for Freedom during the Jim Crow Era”—public history in

Gwen Snyder is uncivil

gwensnyderPHL

We as white folks need to get real clear that when we tokenize or take shortcuts to assuage our own white guilt, we very often end up facilitating the very

Monica Dix

monica_dix

A mini-thread of resources for promoting (and understanding systemic issues behind) equity in the Geosciences: Why the geosciences are the least diverse of all STEM fields: "No progress on diversity

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

The passing of @repjohnlewis is an opportunity to reflect on the global influence of the civil rights movement. How did the civil rights movement not just change , but change

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kaylasmoon

so here is a thread of my “investigating” this louis saying the n-word thingA THREAD: let me set out this disclaimer: I am in no way trying to bash louis

Liam Hogan

Limerick1914

In 1793 the U.S. Congress enacted their first fugitive slave law which required every state to forcibly return slaves who had escaped from other states to their owners. It included