#Slavery

Adam Vaughan MP

TOAdamVaughan

It’s not just the layers of history & systemic racism or how immediate & close to the surface the threat is...it’s how easily white people with power can deliberately unleash

Bodleian Libraries

bodleianlibs

Q4 of today's etymology quiz.The name of which trade may be traced back to a Roman instrument of torture? (BTW Answers are being posted under each original tweet after a

Kaitlyn Greenidge

surlybassey

I keep coming back to that one person trying to defend that nyt reporter using the n-word with "what if he was reading student's hucklberry finn???" First off, he wasn'tsecond,

EJ Watson

ejwatsonjr

What if “turning the hearts of the children to the fathers” means more than doing our family history? What if it means working through our intergenerational trauma? The scars of

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

Republicans really are just running on a platform of “we will kill all of you for money” and millions of people love it, because they think “all of you” doesn’t

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

We’ve gotta stop saying the USA was founded on ideals of freedom when that’s simply untrue. The white colonizers who founded this nation did not invent the idea of freedom

Omar Khan

omaromalleykhan

Gestures that challenge racism have never been popularBut as Tommie Smith says, Never Quit Tommie Smith (and John Carlos) was not only booed in the stadium, but were immediately sent

Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)

JoyAnnReid

Donald Trump echoes our worst presidents in so many ways. And since El Rushbo has us talking secession, let's examine one of them, who Trump will likely eclipse in the

Truthist

LifeToDryBones

The Sheep & Goat Judgement And It's Relationship With The Judgement Of Joel 3A Thread One of the most debated topics in Biblical theology, especially among New Testament scholars, is

Emily Jones Ray

ejray_

The myth that “Black failure and Asian success cannot be explained by inequities and racism...allows a segment of white America to avoid any responsibility for addressing racism or the damage

FPAuthor

FreedmensPatrol

I'm not going to watch @PragerU 's proslavery video because I've read enough of the original texts but let's unpack this Yuletide burning of the cross. 1) Prager released a

Rebecca Fachner

rebecca_fachner

Charles Sumner thread!!This thread is inspired by a picture from the terror attack on the US Capitol on Wed. I’m not going to copy or otherwise link to the picture

David Andress

ProfDaveAndress

Things which are inseparable:- the Industrial Revolution & the profits of slavery;- mass education, the democratic franchise, & the height of imperialism;- the welfare state and incomplete decolonisation;- pretending none

brad.

privbrad_

If you asked 16 yr olds who just finished school to name a successful black person pre-slavery or a black inventor, how many would actually be able to give an

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

This is a good question. Tangibly, I think reparations would look like debt forgiveness at both a domestic and international level. The end of border infrastructure which criminalises the movement

Bryce Tatroe 🧢🙏🐋🍎

bryce_tatroe

Reminder legality ≠ morality.It is legal (in the US) to use our concentration camps on the border. [Morally wrong]It is legal to give the death penalty (of people who may

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.