People quickly judge the East Knoxville community. Often.
These are the students at Austin East. Texting ME on the most chaotic school day to tell me they love me. They love their school &their community.
They deserve better than the daily reminders of systemic oppression.
"It's a racial thing. If you're white, you get more publicity about these things," one black student protesting gun violence said. https://t.co/Nz7pHOWmLv
Let's be clear: Trump's comments are not "borderline racist," "salty," "racially insensitive," "could be interpreted as racist," "some may deem racist," "dumb," "ignorant," "ill-informed," "questionable" or or or…
Trump's words are blatantly false and unequivocally R-A-C-I-S-T.
My cousin is fighting the fires in LA! He’s also in jail. When he gets out, he will NOT be able to apply as a firefighter. He WILL be considered a felon & under-qualified.
If your take tomorrow doesn’t include the fact that black voters showed up for Democrats *while* being systemically obstructed from access to the polls then you need to rewrite it.
1/ If your story abt "low black voter turnout" in states like Alabama doesn't include a discussion of laws that typically diminish black turnout in states like Alabama, it is incomplete, and most likely deceptive.
I’ve lost count of all the rich white men who’ve now been credibly accused of criminal behavior. Why aren’t any of them in jail? Where are calls for aggressively policing white men? Why isn’t the term “white-on-white crime” used? Why isn’t Roy Moore labeled a “super predator”?
Never forget that 48 years ago today the FBI & Chicago Police Dept conspired to murder Fred Hampton in his apartment because they were afraid he was creating a multiracial political coalition to challenge those in power. He was just 21 years old.