Evocative Reads

Combating systemic racism by evoking change and action through literature 📚

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Just posted a photo @ Natick, Massachusetts https://t.co/oVtc1p26TL

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During a time of racial integration in 1963, Baldwin talks about danger when it comes to change (in lines 90-110). As we have seen small uprisings during the time of COVID-19, why is revolutionary change still important yet dangerous?

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Highly commend this on-point analysis in @TheAtlantic by @DrIbram: "White male supremacy is a governing force as old as America, as new as Trumpism. And it is wholly threatened by anti-racism, by feminism." https://t.co/6SzXdMOlbu

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IT’S (almost) THAT TIME! ⠀
Check out our September schedule and mark your calendars 📆🚨⠀
We can’t wait to start reading (+reflecting +reeducating ourselves +revolutionizing our spaces) with you.⠀
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See the link in our… https://t.co/YOnZMOJVoy

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My second set of book illustration characters 🤍🤍🤍 Which one would you pick?

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Let’s make moves fam!

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While communities across the country mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Jamel Floyd, and so many more Black victims of police murder, many people want to learn how they can help.… https://t.co/LeutoqGkkz

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“I used to never like or read poetry, and then I came across a few poems I really loved—two poems: a portrait of a Black boy with flowers, and dear white america. Then I started reading all of Danez Smith’s work and I really felt attached to it” - Morgan @Danez_Smif

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Happy Canada Day... NOT! ⠀
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When will we stop normalizing and celebrating the killing of Black and Brown bodies both historically and today? ⠀
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Learn about the brutal history of colonization by reading with us. ⠀

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“I used to never like or read poetry, and then I came across a few poems I really loved—two poems: a portrait of a Black boy with flowers, and dear white america. I just love how Danez Smith is unabashedly themselves” - Mogan. ⠀@Danez_Smif 🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Danez Smith - “Genesissy”⠀
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One of Danez Smith’s favorite things to do is play with the Bible by putting God in gay situations. According to Smith, God is everywhere. “I think I’m a failed comedian, so sometimes I try to use humor to talk about more difficult subjects”.

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Put “Beyond the Slave Narrative - Politics, Sex, and Manuscripts in the Haitian Revolution” on your reading list.⠀#evocativereads

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Danez Smith - “Genesissy”⠀
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One of Danez Smith’s favorite things to do is play with the Bible by putting God in gay situations. According to Smith, God is everywhere. “I think I’m a failed comedian, so sometimes I try to use humor to talk about more difficult subjects”.

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Haiti was the first Black republic in the world, and the second nation in the western hemisphere (after the United States) to win its independence from a European power. The Haitian Revolution inspired Black liberation in America. #WednesdayThoughts

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Understanding the complexity of systemic racism can help you identify why there are cultural tensions between ethic minorities. Common stereotypes and misconceptions of racialized groups only reinforce and uphold white supremacy. #BlackHistory #TuesdayMotivation

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Caribbean History is American History. #caribbeanamericanheritage

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