Charlene A. Carruthers @CharleneCac Twitter profile

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

If wealthy, highly visible women in news and entertainment are sexually harassed, assaulted and raped -- what do we think is happening to women in retail, food service and domestic work?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I’m convinced that you really love Black women. You consistently dress us in such beautiful garments.

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5 years

Ummmm ok well @NiecyNash is unbelievable tonight on her way to the #Emmys in custom Siriano. 💕💜💕 Styled by @ZerinaAkers

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Black women are not political mules to be used every time a mediocre white candidate needs to win. No amount of verbal appreciation will do us justice. Turn over the money, resources and power, then we can talk.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

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6 years

If anyone wore a Black Lives Matter hat, and committed any sort of violence -- the entire movement and all Black people would be blamed. A 45 supporter commits a mass act of violence, wore a MAGA hat and it's crickets.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Folks, don't flush paper towels. Don't microwave aluminum foil. 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice. Wash your hands.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Hi Folks, I was told directly by Black organizers in Minneapolis: Unless you are coming offer specific skills that are needed, please don't ride to Minneapolis.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Organizing did that.

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@KristenClarkeJD

4 years

BREAKING: Illinois governor issues pardons to over 11K people w/ low-level marijuana convictions. As Illinois prepares to legalize marijuana, addressing the fallout of criminalization on Black and brown communities is a critical step in this process.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

A coup doesn't have to be successful in order for it to be a damn coup.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I will always go back to the fact that Toni Morrison wrote for Black people, for Black women -- not for white folks. It is possible to speak to our people and still reach the world. I am thankful for her life and the genius she shared with us all. May she rest well.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Gosh. This is amazing. And a I'm not being sarcastic. I have to be honest and say that I'm a bit taken aback (and a bit hurt) that those of us who were in the streets in the past five years for Black lives didn't receive this type of reception or public support.

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@Oprah

6 years

George and Amal, I couldn’t agree with you more. I am joining forces with you and will match your $500,000 donation to ‘March For Our Lives.’ These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s who also said we’ve had ENOUGH and our voices will be heard.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I’m a gay, and I’m not voting for Pete Buttigieg in the Democratic Primary.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Erica Garner's life matters because she's a human being. Her value isn't in what she's done for any movement.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Trust Black women enough to donate to our campaigns, support our organizations and get out the way so we can win.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

White folks tweeting about the unfair treatment of Serena Williams, remember that the next time you report your Black woman co-worker. What happened to Serena happens to Black women in the workplace everyday.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

This morning I saw someone note that while everyone was talking about Elliot Page, there had been little to nothing said about what recently happened to Laverne Cox. I had no idea of what had happened to her, but I did know about Page. So I looked it up.

Laverne Cox’s Transphobic Attack And The Constant Threat Of Violence For Black Trans Women

As one of the most notable Black trans actresses in Hollywood, Laverne Cox shared she's still subjugated to the same hatred and violence that's taken the lives of too many Black trans women.

newsone.com

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Y'all know what he means when he tells the Proud Boys to "stand by."

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Is now a good time to talk about how gender reveal parties contribute to transphobia?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Pro-tip: don’t be that media outlet that gathers up Black Women’s tweets about Toni Morrison today without permission.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

We are still in the middle of a Pandemic. Black and Native folks in Minneapolis are being impacted in significant ways.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

And those skills should be requested. There are several organizations and groups on the ground already. I'm 99.9% sure that there's work to be done in YOUR OWN CITY.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

How do we make the compassion folks are extending to DMX irresistible and constant for all folks living with addiction to substances?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

*peeks* in. I graduated from college in 2007. I completed my MSW in 2009. 10+ years and a lot of movement building later I'm going back to school to pursue a PhD in African American Studies at Northwestern University. I'm so so excited y'all. 🥳📚✍️

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

I'm angry and terrified that people in Graham, NC were attacked by police officers while trying to...vote. Children were pepper sprayed...during a march to the polls. I *really* need a collective acceptance of the violent nature and purpose of policing.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Politicians who call racism “un-American” aren’t talking to Black people.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

I promise y'all. I'm happy for these young people. I just know how so many young people have put their lives on the line over the past five years. We're rarely compared to Freedom Riders and recipients of such public support. I shouldn't be bothered, but I am.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Friends, let's stop having meetings without agendas. Your time and everyone else's time is worth more than a disorganized, purposeless, structureless meeting.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Folks, pay attention to Elizabeth Warren — I sure am.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Cory Booker once said to me in my face that he’d never support reparations legislation. So there’s that.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Billionaires shouldn't exist.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Do Chicago a favor and save all excited posts and articles about our next mayor being Black lesbian. You’re not helping. She loves and has worked to protect the very systems that suck resources and harm our communities. #stoplightfoot #LGBT

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

The Black cops were the worst last night. Officer Jeffries smiled as he prepared himself to beat us. So miss me with the "we need more Black cops" demand.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

It is one thing to say “don’t call the police,” and another to actually create communities where people have other options that are reliable and responsive.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Hey, maybe retire the phrase "this isn't American," unless you're referring to: -Universal Childcare -Universal Healthcare -Paid Maternity/Paternal Leave -Paid Sick Leave -Having no fear of being killed by a (young) white man while learning/praying/watching a movie etc.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

I'm so so pissed. @chicagosmayor sent most of the money Chicago received from the federal government for COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING to THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT. That's a total $403 million. 65% of the money meant for RELIEF went to CPD.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Maybe it's easier to call for civility when your people haven't been to the concentration camp, the reservation, bowels of the slave ship or plantation? If they have and you're still calling for civility, shame on you and honor to your ancestors.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

I really hope that the killing of Daunte Wright doesn't turn into a conversation that gets stuck on tasers > guns. The fact that police officers exists as ARMED people (be it guns, tasers, batons, pepper spray, sound machines etc.) who can operate with impunity is central.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Niecy Nash didn't "come out," she just decided to let the rest of us IN to more of her personal life.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

I heard a West Virginian teacher with over 15 years of experience say she earned $45,000 a year. I know people with less important jobs, and less experience making so much more money.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

Not all femmes are women and not all women are femmes.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I'm in solidarity with all the Black women crying in public places today.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

Many of the same people who worked their asses off in the GA runoff understand that electoral politics will not liberate us -- they are clear that it is tactical work towards creating the communities we deserve. Please consider that in your post-election hot-takes.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

And I should've said at least six years. The @Dreamdefenders homies in Florida where on the ground after Trayvon was taken.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

Folks so-called *feelings* about trans people produced this. Access to healthcare for trans youth is about life + dignity. This ban is about more than hate, it's about domination and systemic commitments to controlling peoples lives -- even when it causes suffering + death.

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BREAKING: Arkansas has become the first state to ban health care for trans youth.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Saying yes to any sort of political work means that you will have your heart broken.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Did they ask you to do this?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Abolition is not a promise of perfection. If anything, more is revealed. Less is secret. And there’s a major invitation for us to all be in our full integrity.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Stop playing R. Kelly at your parties, in your car, at your wedding and on the radio. Oh, also, stop inviting the predators who refuse to stop and take responsibility in your family and community to the functions. #muteRkelly

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

This kind of stuff takes me out. 😭😭😭

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

We really do live in a country where people have had to create legislation so Black peoples, particularly Black women’s, hair isn’t discriminated against. Ain’t that some shit?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

What's west of Westeros? Black people Arya, Black people are west of Westeros. #GameofThrones

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Y’all know what Black feminist organizers could do with the $6.1 million dumped into Beto’s campaign?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Good morning to everyone except the Mayor of Chicago and whatever staffer came up with the bright idea to call funding public schools a “bailout.”

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Trans and queer people have a whole history that happened outside of New York City.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

3 years

You were flirting and I didn't realize it: A Memoir

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Stop inviting Bill Clinton to anything related to Black people.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

I never hear people saying that “our ancestors died for the right to access to fair housing.” Or the long list of rights in addition to voting.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Don’t let academics who haven’t shaped this moment define it.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Friends, Felicity Huff-man going to prison does nothing to help Black mamas who are criminalized while trying to get their kids a quality education.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I don’t like it when white women, particularly ones I have no relationship with, call me girl.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

PSA: It’s likely that an underpaid person is cleaning up after you when you drop something or leave trash on the floor in a public place and don’t clean it up yourself. Stop doing that.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Wow. This needs to be a bigger story: Seven people were shot at the protests for Justice for Breonna Taylor. Please note: Police LIE.

7 Shot At Louisville Protest Calling For Justice For Breonna Taylor

It's not yet clear who shot people in the crowd. The mayor says no officers fired on the demonstrations for the black woman killed by police in her home. Two victims required surgery, he says.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

How many of us have to be killed before people stop thinking that abolishing the police, and creating a new system, is an unrealistic and unnecessary vision?

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Never listen to a white man telling you how to fight for your rights.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

This administration created an entire new category to target Black people. Make no mistake, they have not created a category for "White Identity Extremists." Yet and still, young white are out here committed mass acts of violence.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I’m not fooled here. You can’t tell me that Biden had no clue about what the Hyde Amendment actually does. Not falling for the “a Black woman finally educated me” spiel. No one should.

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@AlexThomp

5 years

“Symone Sanders, one of Biden’s senior advisers, confronted him, she confirmed to me Thursday night, telling Biden that he was missing how his position disproportionately affected poorer women and women of color without easy access to abortion”

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

In the United States of America someone can raise $400 million dollars for tech that doesn’t work. People doing actual life saving work have to beg and report line by line spending for $5,000 grants.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

7 years

Good news, we can do both at the same time.

Amber Tamblyn

@ambertamblyn

7 years

Morning! While you’re upset at Hillary for something from 2016, let’s remember there’s a serial sexual predator conman in the White House.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

I’d love to live in a world where my humanity isn’t up for a vote in the Supreme Court or your ballot boxes. Today it’s ‘cause I’m a lesbian, next ‘cause I’m Black, and always again ‘cause I’m a cis woman.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Expose all the white men. Please do. That doesn’t change what R. Kelly did and may still be doing. Just say that you don’t want him punished or that you don’t think he deserves to be exposed...because you don’t really hold that much value for Black girls. Or something else.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

The Fraternal Order of Police is a gang, not a labor union.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

So much foolishness would end if people had their basic needs met.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Here's a list of Bail Funds and Legal Support across the country. #shoutout to the builders.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” is the latest in human resource scamming.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Jason Van Dyke is found guilty of second degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery. 16 counts for each shot. He shot Laquan 16 times. And still. This isn’t Justice. It’s something else, for sure. Laquan will never come back.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

@thel0rdbyr0n This could be an entire book project. At least the new intro to "Lies My Teacher Told Me." So much genius here.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

It's easy to bomb a place, divest from a place, introduce disease, send violent military forces and more when you think a place is a "shithole."

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

*taps mic* White women, for once you have an actual legacy of using underground networks to access abortion to lean on. It’s called the Jane Collective. Be inspired by that. Don’t use #undergroundrailroad2019

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

I hope everyone learns about how wide and deep Warrens campaign staff and she herself, have gone to talk one on one with people across the country. It’s unparalleled.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

@KimberlyNFoster There are so many stories about groups/families of Black women and girls. I’d rather see those.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Health insurance is not synonymous to health care. Having health insurance doesn’t guarantee the quality of care or access to care. Many insurance plans are deeply restrictive and continue to creat barriers to accessing actual care.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Some people get to be understood as depressed and receive empathy when they commit acts of violence in this country. Other people are immediately deemed fully competent and predatory when they commit acts of violence.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Friends, calling for criminal charges against the white woman who called the cops flies in the face of decades of Black and WOC feminist anti-violence work.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

You know who ain’t doing anything substantial about student loan debt? JOE BIDEN.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Good morning to everyone except the Democratic Party leadership, its poor strategy and those blaming "the Left" for its down-ballot losses.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

6 years

Y'all, if we don't lend a class analysis to what's happening, so many people are going to be left out.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

So many people are at higher risk of suffering and are actually dying because they didn't have they care they needed BEFORE this. Why don't you fully support Medicare for All?

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Let me be clear: No one should have to pay for their coronavirus treatment.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

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And did it all with a disability.

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@Mvmnt4BlkLives

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Harriet Tubman was a gat totin', pistol holdin', abolitionist and freedom fighter on your damn street. We are eternally grateful for her bravery and her sacrifices.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

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What if I don’t have sex with cisgender men? Does that make me a scab? I’m confused.

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Our reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy. JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I’m calling for a #SexStrike . Pass it on.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

5 years

Who wrote this speech? Who approved it? Who is on his team allowing this? I don’t want to hear any excuses.

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@atrupar

5 years

Joe Biden: "We've got to recognize that kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger." 😬

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

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This is not a victory for LGBTQ people. We are going to have to fight the Lori Lightfoot administration tooth and nail. Please stop exclaiming how great this is. It makes me so upset.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Killer Mike is wearing a "Kill Your Masters" Shirt while expressing his fidelity to them.

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Charlene A. Carruthers

@CharleneCac

4 years

Good morning to everyone except the white feminists, media pundits and liberals telling us that our “word choice” is poor or wrong. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

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Charlene A. Carruthers

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6 years

Who decides what's forgivable and understandable is almost always someone from a position of institutional power in this country. Media, police and politicians to name a few.

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