Antoin Deul

Tracing ancestral footprints for radical decolonized futures

[Antoin Deul @antoindeul]

Schandalig! Wat zegt dit over Nederland? #RacialProfiling diep geworteld in witte psyche, hoe groot het leed van "ander" ook is. PVV/rechtse partijen tappen uit zelfde vaatje: verdachtmaking vd "ander". @parool welke andere organisaties geïnfiltreerd?https://t.co/kZ18llYCDE

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and my perspective is needed here now more than ever. I will not be silenced and I will not let anyone distort my words.

I’m from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes.

[Martijntje Smits @martijntjesmits]

Indrukwekkende open brief van @hamburger_jaap , voorzitter van Een Ander Joods Geluid, aan demissionair premier Rutte, vandaag gepubliceerd: https://t.co/LpFZ2PW4Ss

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

This is what genocide looks like. These are the 2913 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military this month, as of Thursday, October 26. As the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza intensify, we recognize with horror and grief that this death toll is already inaccurate.

1/5

[Joop @Joop_nl]

Demonstranten bij slavernijmuseum verwijten Koning gebrek aan aandacht voor onderdrukking https://t.co/llo03J2rSY

[Antoin Deul @antoindeul]

We have only scratched the surface of the crimes against humanity and mother earth committed by Dutch and other European colonial empires. The Colonial legacy of #Whiteness also on full display in the war on Palestinian people. #RestorativeJustice

https://t.co/QeQnEsMV1t

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Veteran Haaretz journalist Amira Hass has reported from the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades and says the Israeli public is "drunk with the will to take revenge" on Palestinians, spurred on by a far-right government dominated by "extreme fascist settlers."

[De Dames van Dipsaus #DDDs @DipsausPodcast]

PRE-SALE: #HalloWitteScholen van homegirl @anoushanzume verschijnt op 2 november 2023!

Bestel het boek vóór die tijd rechtstreeks bij Uitgeverij Pluim en ontvang het boek direct thuis.

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[Amir @AmirAminiMD]

What an absolute legend

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

Must watch.

https://t.co/GlOOh9oEDw

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

Read every single world.

"A Textbook Case of Genocide" by genocide scholar Roz Segal in @JewishCurrents

This is the "Again" of Never Again.

It can still be stopped but only by us. We have no leaders. #gaza

https://t.co/JM5HZxGTtT

[Nieuwsuur @Nieuwsuur]

Sari Bashi van Human Rights Watch over de schendingen van het oorlogsrecht door Hamas en Israël: “Landen hebben regels opgesteld die onder andere het aanvallen en gijzelen van burgers verbieden. Dingen die we recent in Israël en de Palestijnse gebieden hebben gezien.” #Nieuwsuur

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Self-taught, child prodigy piano player, Sugar Chile Robinson.

—Born on December 28, 1938, Sugar Chile Robinson as he was widely known proved to be a child prodigy emerging as a self-taught piano player at a year and half old.

The jazz pianist and singer played for President Truman in 1946 at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, becoming the first African-American to be invited to the presidential home at a mere age of seven.

He was one of the first African-American child stars to be a household name. While still a kid, he had a record, billboard chart, sports and a gig with the Count Basie Orchestra as well as movie appearances even when African-Americans were few on the big screen.

He began touring major theaters, setting box office records in Detroit and California. In 1949 he was given special permission to join the American Federation of Musicians and record his first releases on Capitol Records, “Numbers Boogie” and “Caldonia”, both reaching the Billboard R&B chart.

In 1950, he toured and appeared on television with Count Basie and in a short film ‘Sugar Chile’ Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet. The following year, he toured the UK, appearing at the London Palladium.

However, by the 1950s, Robinson returned to school and his fame faded. He stopped recording in 1952.

Later he said: “I wanted to go to school… I wanted some school background in me and I asked my Dad if I could stop, and I went to school because I honestly wanted my college diploma.”

Having given up his musical career entirely, he focused on his academic studies earning a degree in history from Olivet College and one in psychology from the Detroit Institute of Technology. In the 1960s, he worked for WGPR-TV, and also helped set up small record labels in Detroit and opened a recording studio.

The Detroit, Michigan native’s legacy is enduring but his decision to drop music came at a great cost.

The blues singer in 2016 got invited to the White House by former president Barack Obama to be part of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after 70 years.

On how tough life got, his small apartment shared with a niece had no beds and a piano. They had been sleeping on blow up beds for the past five years after a household fire destroyed his belongings.

In 2017, Music Maker Relief Foundation came to the star’s aid putting him on the monthly sustenance program, sending beds and a piano to his residence while resolving the eviction action he faced.

Questions abound bordering on royalties and if he made good money from his music or if he squandered the wealth he made? There’s also talk of how he failed to keep a balance rejecting music for so long yet the college degree he so craved for not securing him a better life. Whatever the outcome, Frank Isaac Robinson in 2016 was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame.

Sugar Chile Robinson will be celebrating his 84th Birthday on December 28th 2022—

[De Groene Amsterdammer @DeGroene]

In het nieuws | Met een gammel algoritme jaagt Duo op thuiswonende Mbo-studenten. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat Duo’s fraudecontroles bijna uitsluitend studenten met een migratieachtergrond treffen. @_investico
https://t.co/ukt7YoRsSm

[De Groene Amsterdammer @DeGroene]

Nieuws | De jacht op vermeende fraudeurs door studiefinancieringverstrekker Duo treft bijna alleen studenten met een migratieachtergrond. Duo is zich van geen kwaad bewust en wil in september het aantal controles verviervoudigen.
@_investico
https://t.co/DqKW5XdI6U

[Miko Flohr @mikofLohr]

Maar er zal toch zeker geen sprake zijn van institutioneel racisme in Nederland? https://t.co/x9inZlsKRd

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

In 1938, 17 brass and copper heads and the upper half of a brass figure (dated to the 14th-15th century CE) were found by accident during house building works at Ile Ife now in Nigeria. The realism and sophisticated craftsmanship of the objects challenged Western conceptions of African art. #Africa