#Apartheid

matthewsyed

matthewsyed

1/ Thread on Empire and Racism and need for contextMy dad grew up under the Indian Raj, and endured racism in the UK. But he loves Britain. Why? Because he

AMLA USA

AMLAUSA

Disappointing to see an American Muslim academic amplifying the ugly rhetoric that has justified apartheid and violence against millions of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere. Just below the surface,

uché blackstock, md

uche_blackstock

1) Since the pandemic started, people have been saying science has been politicized by this administration as if this is something new. Science *is* and has always been political, especially

Arunabha Sengupta

senantix

Thread: Jim Laker (born 9 Feb 1922) was so grooved that he could have run in to bowl blindfolded. #cricket #onthisday @surreycricket His accuracy was supreme. Once he said: “I

Gene Wu

GeneforTexas

Happy #MLKDay . As always, this is the day that I remind you that MLK stood for far more than just racial equality. He fought for fair labor practices, better

Emad Ansari ۰ عماد انصاری

EmadAnsariH

Have been thinking about the scheduling of this event in the US—inviting Apartheid president de Klerk—to the ABA in relation to the recently-concluded Niall Ferguson debacle in Pakistan. Some thoughts:https://twitter.com/TshepoMadlingo1

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party, was an Ivy League-educated officer who served for over a decade in the U.S. Navy.He was OF-5, for the record.https://twitter.com/LPDonovan/status/1347919422300811274

Laith لَيث

LaithMarouf

Bombshells from Nasrallah. Syria bought Kornet systems from Russia in 2006 and donated them to Hizbullah to defeat Apartheid Israel. They worried Russia would be mad at the transfer of

Rhea Boyd MD, MPH

RheaBoydMD

Please stop reading White Fragility.Stop recommending it.Stop sharing it. Read Killing the Black Body or Fatal Invention by @DorothyERoberts Read Racecraft by Barbara and Karen FieldsRead Medical Apartheid by @haw95

Percy the Mars Rover

PercyRover

*Engage Serious Percy Mode*The Starhopper test this last week is an important reminder that space colonization is no longer a subject of science fiction. It’s a very real possibility and

Sabeeha Majid

SabeehaMajid

Racism in the South African Indian Muslim community. A thread. Growing up in a South African Indian community - you will constantly be made to believe that black people are

akhivae

akhivae

THREADThe Great Migration (1915-1970) of African-Americans out of the Southern U.S. to the cities of the Northern U.S. and West Coast sent shockwaves through the Southern U.S. Their economy had

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In conclusion, South Africa is the most unequal country in the world. Due to Apartheid, inequality in SA was unusually high, however from 1999 it rose sharply reaching the highest

Zikhona Valela

valavoosh

Cissie (her nickname) Gool was born Zainunnisa Abdurahman on this day in 1897. She comes from a family of political activists. Her mother Nellie James was from Scotland. Her parents

Judicaelle Irakoze

Judicaelle_

A thread on Sankara: his life, his death, his wife Mariam Sankara and his two sons Philip Sankara and August Sankara.Three words to describe Sankara: Decolonization - Pan Africanism -

MF JEWM

JewishWorker

Every MLK Day, Israeli apartheidists dredge up quotes from a man who died one year after the Six Day War and never lived to see Israel deny Palestinians equality for

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