There are some words. #WeVoteNext my heart is broken for the family and friends of those murdered in El Paso today and who are killed in the streets of this country every day by senseless gun violence.
Happy Birthday to writer and activist #JamesBaldwin. Baldwin made it his mission to not only #TellBlackStories but to fight for the freedom and liberation of our people.
I wrote about how Tr*mp’s racism didn’t get Democrats to respond to issues of race. The power of social movements did. Now, we have to go after the corporations that continue to enable him. My latest @guardian piece
https://t.co/ky8qkL4VCM
This is Lois Oglesby.
She was one of the victims of the #DaytonMassShooting. She works at a daycare and is a mother. She leaves behind a daughter and a newborn baby.
#DaytonStrong https://t.co/9GZzOykNSa
Can't address mass shootings in USA b/c it requires addressing:
1) cultural/historical link b/w guns & white supremacy
2) gun lobby
2) misogyny & violence against women
3) how this society raises white men to feel they are entitled & to respond w/ rage if they feel denied
Because I could not stay silent, here is the piece I wrote addressing the issue of a Honolulu Circuit Court allowing a man to be sentenced while wearing blackface. https://t.co/rv0luki3g1
Removing the cloak of secrecy is necessary for not only President Monore’s descendants, but the entire nation to be able to reckon with a truthful account of our country’s history. https://t.co/TDkDeuwAdw
The answer has never been about a simple balancing act between good and bad prosecutors. It’s about overhauling a criminal justice system that has been weaponized to disproportionately harm and profit off of Black people.
https://t.co/lEGdXRcSbe
.@AOC on Kellyanne Conway's Hatch Act violations: We're 20 years away from the Central Park 5, where the president demanded the death penalty for 5 black and brown boys. And here we have evidence of multiple violations of the same law, and he won’t even issue a slap on the wrist.
“I am a poet of code, telling stories that make daughters of diasporas dream and sons of privilege pause.”
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#JoyBuolamwini intros her speech entitled, AI #AintIawoman with these resounding words. Be sure to follow her @joyfulcode!