I do not believe America's reputation will recover in my lifetime. We will be known for the blatant, intentional cruelty inflicted on the vulnerable by this White House and the GOP. We will be known as the nation that created suffering just for the sake of its existence. /thread
On this day in 1965, unrest in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles ended. Police brutality on black residents resulted in 34 dead and 1,032 injured. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice https://t.co/hqje2fmJfh
“I am the third teenage girl who has tried to take care of this little 2 year old boy. I feed him and give him water. I also take care of another little kid. She calls me ‘mama.’ She is 6 years old.” Testimonials from caged children read by other children:
I got to research and write the story of Ralph Lazo for the NYT Overlooked Obituaries series. He was a Mexican-American teenager who willingly went to an internment camp during WWII so he could be with his Japanese-American friends.
“Our history of racial inequality in America casts a shadow over the modern death penalty.” — Bryan Stevenson
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality premieres June 26th at 8 PM. #TrueJusticeDoc
When we were put into internment camps, no one stood up to say it was wrong. We felt alone. Abandoned. Forgotten. That was perhaps the hardest part of our imprisonment. Don’t let today’s migrant children suffer that. Stand up for them. Call your Representative: (202) 224-3121
Ta-Nehisi Coates criticizes Mitch McConnell over his comments on reparations: "For a century after the Civil War black people were subjected to a relentless campaign of terror, a campaign that extended well into the lifetime of Majority leader McConnell" https://t.co/UjZHiEHxbx
We did this via FB because that’s the platform we know best and we can’t say it didn’t go well. It went better than well. But if any in the Twitterverse want to express solidarity for the cause, we’re leaving this up a few more days. https://t.co/rrtddOt9Cz
Last week, I mentioned that I saw @rtraister deliver a barn burner of a speech about how women have been silenced and written out of history. Here is the speech in full. My new motto: "Consider what the most powerful least want you to do, and then do it." https://t.co/5WabHT44w1