They're racial, generational & political overtones w/ the expulsion of 2 Black TN state representatives. This is more than preemption. GOP controlled legislatures have taken over DEM school districts, police forces & city budgets. But to remove elected officials is next level.
Thomas Jefferson's occupation was an enslaver. That's what he did for a living. Enslaved people built Monticello, worked its lands, made the nails and the bricks, cooked the food, and one enslaved woman bore his children. He went to Monticello for a fairy tale & got hit w reality
WATCH: Fmr. DeKalb County, Ga. Police Chief Cedric Alexander describes the duties of police officers during mass shootings:
@Calex_law: “The whole intention here is to move that gunfire away from those innocent victims … who are defenseless. You move that gunfire towards you.”
WATCH: "Until the redemptive power of the love for all of our children is greater than the destructive power of the love of our guns & money & power ... then nothing is going to change," Sen. @CoryBooker (D-N.J.) says.
A bank that helped finance the Eiffel Tower drained millions of dollars from Haiti. That history has been all but erased — but The New York Times tracked the money. https://t.co/BpTSiN5J48
New from @EdDataCampaign: Traditional measures of poverty leave out the historic & systemic factors that act as barriers to success. More precise & nuanced data practices measures are needed to provide a clearer picture of student need https://t.co/huMtzWH7oi
It’s actually simple: If you can feel pride in things you didn’t personally take part in, then you can feel shame in things you didn’t personally take part in. Some of you are motivated to make this hard, but it’s only hard bc you want the glory of our history but not the burden.
Listening to a podcast where German academics talk about how integral the history of the Nazi period is to their public education.
Meanwhile, we’re still talking about how learning the history of slavery is going to hurt white kids’ feelings?
It’s a striking parallel.
Wisdom from @chrisemdin: Once the 7 rights of the body have been provided, youth thrive because their full selves are affirmed and free to accept and pursue knowledge. #Ratchetdemic#HipHopEd https://t.co/dAMp6qo2v3
Told my doc students a week ago, in class, it might play out this way. Just didnt know it would be HU. Thanks @nhannahjones for making me look prophetic while appropriately stunting on that #uknowwhat#bosslady#powermove https://t.co/eNoRzhCUnd