Margaret Bennett

For #RelEmpUVM and #islamraceuvm thoughts

[Imani Gandy is at BlueSky Now @AngryBlackLady]

I was talking to my friends tonight about how white folks can be better allies. My white friend has a white friend who mentioned he wanted to be a better ally—aside from being a human shield in interaction with police—but he didn’t know how. He wants more social interaction.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Our next President should declare a #NationalEmergency on day 1 to address the existential threat to all life on the planet posed by Climate Change.

[Sarah Silverman @SarahKSilverman]

⬇️Go Gen Z #JoinJuliana⬇️

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

#islamraceuvm I know we've read about intersectionality (thank you @IjeomaOluo!) but we can/should always learn more about it, esp. from the woman who developed the term!

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

We should do something about the actual emergencies that plague our nation — like climate change or health care access — not playing politics in order to build a wasteful border wall.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

“I didn’t need to do this” is admitting this isn’t an emergency at all.

“I didn’t need to do this” means he’s faking a crisis.

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

@ProfIRMF https://t.co/p2QFbV9vOK
Oops, sorry.

Here we go #islamraceuvm

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

"Voluntary blindness" on the part of Premier François Legault.

We talked a bit in class today about how denying/ignoring racism perpetuates and sometimes encourages it, so I thought I'd share this article #islamraceuvm

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

She is me, I am her!

❤️✊🏽 @AOC

[feminist next door @emrazz]

The term “toxic masculinity” is a litmus test. If it makes you angry, you failed.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This @AnaMariaArchil2, the NY-14 shero that will be accompanying me to the State of the Union tomorrow.

She wasn’t planning on leaping into that elevator ahead of the Kavanaugh vote, but after hearing the stories of survivors across the country, she went in.

A defining moment.

[Stephen Black (they/them) @stephenablack]

This is my grandfather, Murray Goldfinger. The tattoo, 161108, was given to him at Birkenau.

He's 91 and his health is failing. He told his tale of survival for 65 years. Now, I've taken the responsibility.

One part of his story always gets a big reaction from students.

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

@ProfIRMF I feel like it's all three? It implies that Iran (and Iranians) are ruled by religion (Islam) which is implied to be negative (since the pic was taken from an atheist website). So it passes judgement on a country, a people, and a religion all at once
#islamraceuvm

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

I found this on FB today and it reminded me of our discussion today #islamraceuvm

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

Also re: #1 I mean to say that everyone who lives in America is affected by Protestant Christianity because it influences so much of our political rhetoric (and documents, like the Constitution), not that it's necessarily, broadly important to all Americans

[Margaret Bennett @Marg_Benn]

What troubles me most:
1) the misunderstanding of how important Protestant Christianity is/was to America(ns)
2) the contrast between a "good" country (US) and a "bad" country (Iran)
3) my white, supposedly "open minded/accepting" friend was the one who shared this

[Simran Jeet Singh @simran]

Meet Candice Payne, the amazing woman who put 80 homeless people in hotel rooms during the life-threatening, historic cold in Chicago.

Please show this American hero the love and respect she deserves. ❤️