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White supremacy makes us weak. It makes us fragile. It makes us dumb. It makes us blind to other ideas. It is a recipe for stagnation.
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Replying to @AndyRichter @owillis
Framing empathy as weakness has hollowed this country to the core.
"Because Alabama politics isn’t like football. It’s phony, like wrestling. And Texas is the kid who saw that stuff on TV and hit his playmate with a chair." This...this is why I think Kyle Whitmire is the best writer out there. @WarOnDumb @BitterSouth
What happens to cities when anti-urban, anti-diversity forces take over at the federal level? We need to think about this.
If you don't get it by now you are choosing ignorance.
Black homeowner has a white friend stand in for her third home appraisal, and miraculously her home value doubled. indystar.com/story/money/202…
This is essential.
Some veterans groups are calling on the Biden administration to conduct a mass evacuation of Afghans who worked with US troops usatoday.com/in-depth/news/p…
How do you say something you are really proud of but not come off as if you are bragging? – at Atlanta, GA
Whitmire @WarOnDumb is among the best gifts I got from my short interlude in Birmingham. The others are all food related.
Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and Police Chief Mark McMurray both said police officer William Darby did nothing wrong.
A jury just said he's a murderer.
al.com/news/2021/05/huntsvil…
I just finished my first graduate class. It's been almost 30 years since I got my BA. Low A high B is my guess. I have one class to go. Due midnight on Saturday. I need an inspiring musical interlude.
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During talks, I’ve often referred to the power of key words in the late 1790s
Federalists used to warn their cohort that 1 mention of the word “aristocrat” & the game was over
There are always buzzwords that mean nothing & rely on knee jerk emotion for power
Don’t fall for it.
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“We’re not dealing with bad apples, we’re dealing with a rotten tree.”
Trevor addresses Daunte Wright, Caron Nazario, and the system that protects bad cops.
Where Are the “Good Apples” in Policing?
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Someone is forcing the Chicago police to listen to the guilty verdict over their radios
⚠ Alert at 3510 S Michigan Ave
rogue radio operators playing Chauvin verdict over police airwaves
#chicagoprotest #chicagoscanner
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All we know now is that the frontier for sadistic brutality by a police officer and the cost of overpolicing people of color exists somewhere around the eight-minute-mark of a knee to a man's neck. That's horrifying and doesn't address most of what matters. But we could be worse.












