#Plantations

Doctor Historianess

historianess

As promised, my thread regarding Daniel Feller's plenary at yesterday's #SHEAR2020 virtual conference. I preface this by saying I am not a member of SHEAR and though several friends have

Retson Tedheke

retsonbiz

#RUGA: One of the Biggest Challenge of Discussing Solutions to the Nigeria National Question as it Relates to Agriculture Particularly with Animal Husbandry is That Those with No Idea or

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Terry Crews isn't wrong... I'm also against black supremacy. But there's a great reason I would NEVER tweet about the dangers of black supremacy:Because it will never happen. You know

La Passe D'

LaPasseD_

THREADAujourd'hui c'est MLK Day aux Etats-Unis. Jour férié, il rend hommage au pasteur Martin Luther King.Un jour sacralisé donc qu'on a décidé de vous expliqué au travers notamment de l'hommage

Chris Dashiell

cdashiell

Slavery went unchallenged in surviving literature since ancient times. Aristotle, for instance, just assumed it was the natural order. Enslaved people were against it, of course, but if they left

Sean

poetsoup

I’ve seen a few tweets today where “Irish Slavery” is once again having to be debunked.https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan/status/1270223505213267969 People are trying use the myth of Irish slaves to dilute the African American

user XMC

ximuoicay

“Reclaim” is a specific process when marginalized groups take something that was used to malign/oppress them & change the power dynamics. The first step to reclaiming is to know its

Author Sakwah Ongoma

CSakwah

STORY THREAD Last Saturday, a friend I was with in a club in Westlands picked up a fight with two guys. He was thoroughly beaten as I watched. Today, he

Julie Bindel

bindelj

THREAD: Woke prudes are as bad as Mary WhitehouseLibby PurvesThe TimesLong ago, when the present censorious generation were in nappies, for three decades Mrs Mary Whitehouse campaigned to “Clean Up

Claire Hosking

hoskingc

Ok as someone who taught architectural history from neolithic to the 20th century I have thoughts on this and my thoughts are mainly: this is racisthttps://twitter.com/andrewfeinberg/status/1341061088729845765 This only namechecks styles

Dr Kiran Kumar Karlapu

scarysouthpaw

Folks. Ever heard of a temple with a Shiva Lingam so tall that it is worshipped on two floors? And a Shaktipeeth where the Goddess so furious that Adi Sankaracharya

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 6, 1865. Georgia ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, ending slavery. Arguably, the single most important event in the history of American labor,

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Have you heard that one about coming together and political unity after an insurrection?A thread: One time, after a contentious election, there was a group of angry white people. Because

Roopika Risam

roopikarisam

Today, for #ScholarStrike, I’m wearing my higher ed hat. I’m working on a book right now, #InsurgentAcademics, that examines the unsung work of Black, brown, and Indigenous scholars in public

Stay Grounded Network

StayGroundedNet

We can keep flying if we just offset the emissions, right? No, because so-called carbon offsets pose many problems and in most cases do not compensate emissions - on the

Rakesh Thiyya

ByRakeshSimha

Malayalam film twists history of 1921 Moplah Massacre by saying Muslims only attacked Hindu landlords - Namboodiris and Nairs while sparing majority Thiyyas. I'm a Thiyya, I will expose the

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