#Refugee

People are truly ignoranthttps://twitter.com/andressabussm/status/1343219080845787136 Of course there are very few studies on this, which doesn’t help. The only one we hear about is the “CSI effect”, which turned forensic science
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#ThisTeacherReadsI originally set up my account for teaching and never wanted politics to bleed into it but last year I found that impossible. Anyway, in an attempt to get back
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I was just three years old when we were stationed in Germany. But I remember the apartment. A church we were sent to. Crayons melting on a radiator. Walking home
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1940-1945: Until 1940, the Japanese generals had a Jewish resettlement plan. It would simply move all Jews within the empire to Shanghai. Japan would work with American Jews to finance
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The current US approach to promoting human rights in East Asia is too geopolitical, punitive, & inconsistent. It promotes backlash without tangible improvements.The US must adopt a new multipronged approach
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This week marks 36 years since the Sri Lankan military carried out organized massacres and forced evictions of Tamils living in the Manal Aru region, for the sole purpose of
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As you may have seen, on 10 Dec the Home Office quietly published a new Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. This isn't big news (the rules are amended
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Time for my annual retelling of the best Toronto the Good story that exists. It starts with this image. if you've ever wandered down the end of Bathurst Quay you'll
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Pro/con thred:In Trump favor: he was surrounded, as has now become clear, only by snakes and rats from beginning of his term. He had absolutely no support from anyone in
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Musings on the debate between Religious & Territorial Nationalism: #ThreadNow this is a valid non-ephemeral question that we must face not just because we are passing through the eye of
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So I know we're all mad at bad history today, but I've been wanting to share an assignment with you that helps your students produce good history, teaches them some
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When I was a Planned Parenthood nurse, a Christian radio station rented out the commercial space next door and would broadcast when we arrived and left work, our license plate
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HOW TO (safely) BE A 'RONA REFUGEE IN FLORIDA- thread - Lockdowns continue to ramp up across the northeast, and you may be sick of it by now.Let me show
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Does the UK media have a racism problem? Some UK journalists seem outraged at the very suggestion – but what does the evidence tell us? /1https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-show-host-trevor-noah-goes-off-on-uk-media-for-being-very-racist
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THREAD:I was recently blocked by a fellow socialist, for asking something (I thought perfectly reasonable) about the 'transgender vs women's right debate. And when reasonable questions get you blocked, well
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My experience of racism in the UK – a thread. I am a white Canadian of Anglo-European ancestry who immigrated to the UK 10 years ago. I have not personally
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