Amy Borror

I like justice. I wish there were more of it.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action

Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed

The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

[Jen 'now @jenrubin9' Rubin @JRubinBlogger]

we have our current criminal justice system because we have fetishized guns, criminalized addiction, neglected mental and emotional health, and resisted addressing social factors driving crime.
We could do it differently. We simply don’t want to.
https://t.co/ftqBGHrwe9

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

[Public Defenseless Podcast @PDefenselessPod]

Today, I spoke with Mary Ann Scali and HyeJi Kim from the @GaultCenter to discuss the history of Youth Representation in America, the legacy of in re Gault, and why its time to stop treating youth representation as less important as adult

https://t.co/M8tkeJigbw

[Amy Borror @amb6776]

@dog_rates Coulson and Titus

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process. It's important to remember that the Holocaust actually did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanisation & escalating violence.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

There is no form of protest against #racism that will be acceptable to racist people.

There is no method for teaching the past or present harm of racism/white supremacy that will be palatable to people who are comfortable with where we are and with being benefactors of racism.

[Amy Borror @amb6776]

Happy birthday, Ohio. Please stop electing state legislators who want to take us back to 1803.

[Ohio Statehouse @OhioStatehouse]

To Ohio: happy birthday! March 1 is Statehood Day.

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

Many of you saw that video of police facing off with a school principal who wouldn't let them in.

But do you know how bad police encounters are for education? Very. Some facts:

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

A reminder that law enforcement *responds* to crime, but a living wage, food and water security, accessible healthcare, and public education *prevent* crime.

If you want safer communities, invest in people, not punishments.

[Amy Borror @amb6776]

@ConnieSchultz This looks like a CAPTCHA that asks you to select all squares containing dogs. Whether one selects the center square separates human from bot.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

The U.S. spends far more on police, prosecutors, and prisons than any society in recorded world history. And yet U.S. is still a violent society. The core goal of copaganda is to deceive people about the true threats to our well-being and to deceive us about what makes us safe.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

The rise in the propaganda budget of the Chicago Police Department after cops murdered Laquan McDonald (and then covered it up) is one of the most under-examined news stories of the last several years. https://t.co/LKoYtNx5cC

[Maria Bruno @MariaBruno01]

Consider the arrogance it takes to wear (let alone own) such an openly violent shirt TO YOUR JOB TRAINING AS A POLICE OFFICER.

The cruelty is the point. The abuse of power is an inside joke to them.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Stephen A. Smith might be right. Maybe it's wrong to judge Jerry Jones for something that happened 65 years ago. Maybe he was just "curious." How could anyone know?

A thread.

[Dora Malech @DoraMalech]

It’s heartbreaking to share this beautiful poem in this context, but I share it in the hope that it reaches someone who needs it today: title poem from James Davis’s CLUB Q (@WaywiserPress 2020)

( Hashtags below, for those searching:
#ClubQ #lgbt #TransDayOfRemembrance )

[Amy Borror @amb6776]

In case Twitter goes down (and even if it doesn't), I just joined the waitlist for a new platform that's in Beta:

Sign up for Post Prod! https://t.co/14MYROZy02

[Tim Wise @timjacobwise]

1/ As people flee Twitter, or threaten to, in response to Elon’s takeover and the harassment it has already spawned and likely will bc of less content moderation, there are some things I’ve noticed. Please follow this thread and share it. It’s sorta important…

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.

21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape.

A THREAD.