It's sad to see Asian students being used to gut Affirmative Action. A reminder that the Model Minority Myth is a tool of white supremacy, not a road to acceptance.
Media outlets are going to rush to ask Black people to react to this.
Meanwhile, white women benefit the most from affirmative action and DEI policies.
Y’all should also be sticking the mics and cameras in their faces.
But yall won’t because we all kn… *signal drops*
The police murder of Nahel, a 17 y/o brown kid from France, illuminates what Americans of color know all too well:
Racism + guns = the water, the water is in everything, and it’s poisoning us all.
Every woman who’s been a “first” anything—especially women w/ lived experience of concurrently navigating gender & racial discrimination—understands the kind of unfair scrutiny Olivia Chow will experience. So, I want to share a few thoughts about how we can be supportive.🧵
They have been introducing tablets in California prisons. One of the features on these new tablets is the ability to receive messages and photos from family. This is great right? But ofcourse the Correctional Officers have found a way to abuse this. 🧵📱
“Queer' not as being about who you're having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but 'queer' as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” –bell hooks
Hey y’all. I’m sure some of y’all aren’t paying attention to what’s been going on at the Supreme Court but white people really really do not want us to vote.
This tweet is for BIPOC around the world who are fleeing their homes for safety.
The ones missing home because they had no choice but to leave.
And especially, ones struggling to heal from the trauma of being ripped from their home countries.
We’re sending you love.