The Lazy Theologian

I don’t make promises I can’t keep, which is why I won’t make promises ever.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett: "There has been no oppression for the white man in this country ... it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us, people of color on this side of the aisle, that y'all are the ones being oppressed."

[bell⋆౨ৎ˚˖ •* @bxllflowersss]

not a day passes where i havent thought of this video, the fact that each one of those are individual lives is literally unreal. visualizations like these really magnify the severity to an even greater level

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

This is one of the most devastating, infuriating stories I've read in a long time. You think you're already angry at the basics of what happened and then it just keeps getting worse with each new detail. I recommend reading every word by @kylietcheung https://t.co/ezFOGDZItA

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

NEW: Tennessee Republican state legislator Paul Sherrell says on the floor of the House he wants to bring back lynching.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

A Black rancher who says he and his wife have endured months of racist property crimes and intimidation in their rural Colorado community was arrested Monday

In an uncommon move, the court set his bond at $6,000, 3 times the amount requested by the people
https://t.co/x3xMnzPJFk

[KiD CuDi @KiDindiCUDi]

⁦@KiDCuDi⁩ performing “Ghost” in the Camp McDonald’s app 👻🍔🍟🥤🚀

[SCA @scasca16]

Courts are closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. My incarcerated clients, all of whom are black men, will remain in jail to celebrate the emancipation of slaves. This is America.

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

a friend sent me a 4th grade virginia history textbook from 1956 and it is a treat

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

This is the "expert" panel for the John Locke Foundation seminar on how slavery was not that foundational to the United States.

[Chris Luther @chrisluthertv]

The crew contracted to remove the pedestal has put several confederate flags up on the fence.

Employees are also walking all the way around the fence to dump the bricks they are removing on top of the word “Black” part of Black Lives Matter spray painted on the ground.

[Alexa Ura @alexazura]

Under Senate’s version of Senate Bill 7:

Only Democratic areas in Harris County would lose polling places.

In Tarrant, the greatest losses would be in areas where the large majority of eligible voters are Hispanic & Black:

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

Mr. Hughes Vann Ellis, age 100, and Ms. Viola Fletcher, age 107. The siblings are two of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. They testified before Congress today at a hearing focused on legal remedies to compensate survivors and their descendants.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

But 99.9 percent of financial institutions, 98 percent of state legislatures, the Senate, Congress, the courts, and 98 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run by white people.

There is not a single institutional system in America where racial parity exists.

[Humphrey Yang @Humphreytalks]

Rice. Part two: Jeff Bezos net worth represented visually by rice.

[Muted. Argue with yourself. @___inCANdescent]

Black and brown people cleaning up after them. I’m sick

[jadyn🧚🏽 @jadozyy]

no arrests, just vibes after a long day of terrorism 😛

[Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg]

It took 159 years, but a mob marching behind a confederate flag has stormed the US Capitol. They are doing so on @realDonaldTrump’s express orders.