A guide to seeing how race affects us all. It's like a 12-step program for racism; step one is admitting we have a problem. U.S.A. centered, globally minded.
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Williams: The war on Black history is hurting white Americans too buff.ly/40PZngc
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Some notes for my white readers, ready to better understand other ethnic groups: Nancy Kelsey - cleveland.com buff.ly/3RTkpGC
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White unsafeness is the beast that threatens Black people - TheGrio buff.ly/3xgm27D
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A really thoughtful reflection by a South African anti-apartheid activist. ///
What it meant to be a white person in the liberation struggle - The Mail & Guardian buff.ly/3lsrxNY
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Racism harms everyone, at every level. // The horror of internalized racism on the Tyre Nichols videos - Los Angeles Times buff.ly/3YFohNA
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Black cops killed Tyre Nichols. Systemic racism is the death of us all. - The Boston Globe buff.ly/40OTMGP
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Solidarity isn’t about feeling. It’s about action!
Been thinking of Audre Lorde's words abt solidarity:
“No level of individual self-actualization alone can sustain the marginalized & oppressed. We must be linked to collective struggle, to communities of resistance that move us outward into the world.”
Look for ways to connect.
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Read this through a couple of times if you need. If we agree that “whiteness” is a construct and not a biological reality, then that construct is, by its nature, racist. This is why “reverse racism” isn’t a thing. It’s all just Racism, and “whiteness” is where it starts.
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In 1847, Missouri banned education for black people.
John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library, desks, chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'. 
A THREAD!
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“I’m a true liberal – these people are radical, woke activists” feels better than “I always thought I was pretty liberal, but I must say I’m feeling uncomfortable about these calls for equality and respect, especially when they question my superior judgment and societal status.”
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Today my baby talked about our Cheyenne culture to 3 kindergarten classes in a mix of Spanish/English. He told them that Natives are still here & no mama isn’t Pocahontas, she’s a professor 😂 & then we all round danced. F* I’m so proud. How did I get so lucky? #wearestillhere
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This week we put out the final episode of Crash Course Black American History. We worked on this series for over 3 years and put out 51 episodes spanning the transatlantic slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement. I’m so proud of what we made.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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God, this hits so hard. “It’s not equitable to put Black women in positions where they’re not being supported. It’s unfortunate that a lot of us are put in positions to turn water into wine.” - @MindaHarts tells @LTintheCity fortune.com/2022/11/06/black…