Had you told me a decade ago that in 2020 Taylor Swift would be accusing Donald Trump on Twitter of stoking white supremacy while Kanye West was somewhere, possibly in a MAGA hat, being completely silent on the issue, I would have said: "God bless you, but a prophet you are not!"
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old Buffalo man shoved by two 30-something police officers, is a member of PUSH Buffalo, which focuses on affordable housing, and Western New York Peace Center, a human rights org. He is also part of the Catholic Worker Movement.
The Amy Cooper incident is a reminder that the South does not have a monopoly on anti-black racism. Many black people who have spent time in NYC, Boston or any other liberal northern city know that rejecting social conservatism is not the same thing as rejecting white supremacy.
Real question for the “now is not the appropriate time to talk about the negative impact of colonialism” crowd:
When is the appropriate time to talk about the negative impact of colonialism?
Some are thinking about a white student who had his Harvard admissions rescinded bc he used racial slurs. I am thinking about the black students who excelled in an environment w/ classmates who used racist slurs yet were never admitted to Harvard in the 1st place.
Michael Bloomberg is rolling out plans to spend an estimated $15 million to $20 million on a voter registration drive designed to weaken President Donald Trump’s reelection chances in five battleground states.
The fact that so many conservative Christians have interpreted many people’s desire to eradicate white supremacy as a precursor to canceling Christianity in America is incredibly telling ...
“What’s your name?”
“Eugene.”
“That's kind of an older person's name.”
“Yeah ... I'm name after my grandfather.”
“Sooo who was HE named after?”
“Actually he was named after the only white doctor in town that would see black patients.”
“What’s your name?”
“April.”
“Oh! Like the month!”
“Sure.”
“April Showers bring May Flowers!”
“Ma’am. I’m 48 years old. How many times do you think I’ve heard that one?”
Don’t recall the president responding this way to the white nationalists who came to Charlottesville from across the country and helped turn a peaceful anti-racism rally violent. In fact, he called some of them “very fine people.”
Many people I’ve spoken with since the election aren’t surprised that Biden got 80 million votes. They’re far more baffled that after the past four years, Trump still got 73 million votes.
Many of these same Alabama Republicans accusing Omar of having a "disturbing record of using anti-Semitic language” backed Roy Moore, who said the last time America was great was when black people were enslaved ...
Scherie Murray, a Republican who immigrated from Jamaica, is launching a campaign Wednesday for the congressional seat held by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.-N.Y.)
Was embarrassed when my mom asked the server at our restaurant to change from CNN to the Oscars.
But when the whole restaurant started clapping when Regina King won, I started clapping for my mom.
Ask for what you want.
A few short years ago, Capitol Police arrested Rev. Raphael Warnock for praying in the rotunda in protest of GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act
In the week following the Capitol riot, about 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in Colorado. There were about 6,000 defections from the party in North Carolina, 10,000 in Pennsylvania and 5,000 in Arizona.
“I got called a n****r 15 times today,” the veteran officer shouted. “Trump did this and we got all of these fucking people in our department that voted for him. How the fuck can you support him?”
“I cried for about 15 minutes and I just let it out.”
My Saturday started with a police officer telling me that “police violence” isn’t a thing. By evening, police had shot rubber bullets into a first aid tent, pepper sprayed journalists and run over activists with SUVs.
Police violence is very much a thing. And so is denial.
Justin Amash on the Tea Party: “It turns out a lot of them were not in favor of limiting the size of government, they were just opposed to the president at the time.”
One of the most painful things about the
#ElijahMcClain
story is it happened nearly a year ago & many of us are just finding out about it. Literally can’t even imagine the number of unarmed black lives that have ended that went unnoticed.
The amount of energy black Americans are having to spend right now repeatedly explaining how much more difficult their lives are is draining beyond expression. Just say you don’t believe us and be done with it.
Talked to my dad today who I haven’t seen in more than a month bc he lives in an assisted living facility.
He has early stage dementia and forgets that we’re in a pandemic.
1st thing he said when he heard my voice was:
“I haven’t seen you in a long time.”
That was hard.
The NFL needs to realize that for many black Americans, until they do right by Colin Kaepernick all of this black history and representation stuff at the
#SuperBowl
is in vain.
Imagine being a student who was sexually assaulted by someone who admitted engaging in that criminal behavior and seeing your college dean tweet this …
Quite a few folks are going on about the length of the Bishop‘s sermon.
It was 13 minutes.
I‘ve spent nearly 4 decades listening to black pastors & have no recollection of ever hearing a sermon that short.
In fact, I’ve heard longer Thanksgiving dinner prayers
#RoyalWedding
"If you ever find yourself in a predominantly black neighborhood, wondering why everyone seems so poor, know this: It’s largely because white people, possibly even you or your ancestors, stole from them and their ancestors."
I just confessed in the family group chat that I usually get mild instead of spicy from Popeyes - something I’ve been keeping a secret for a years - and I really can’t explain the amount of shame I appear to have brought upon my family ...
“This past year, with everyone back home during the pandemic, no one was happier than Bo. All his people were under one roof again—just like the day we got him,”
@MichelleObama
A counselor told Cummings he was too slow to learn & spoke poorly & he would never fulfill his dream of becoming a lawyer. It steered Cummings to prove that counselor wrong. He became not only a lawyer, but one of the most powerful orators in the MD House.
Dr. Fauci to
@RandPaul
during Senate hearing on COVID response: “Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about — and I want to say that officially.”
When he was asked, “What’s the most important food-industry issue nobody is talking about?”
#AnthonyBourdain
replied, “Racism.”
“Why aren’t there more African American chefs and African American cooks represented in the mid- to high-range restaurants?" he asked.
Moore to an African American asking when he last thought America was “great”: “I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.”
“If I’m in a room with white women, I know that 50 percent of them voted for Trump and they believe in his ideas,” said a university researcher. “I look at them and think, ‘How do you see me? What is my humanity to you?’ ”
“Research shows that 70% of all jobs are not published publicly on jobs sites and as much as 80% of jobs are filled through personal and professional connections.”
Michelle Obama: “It wasn’t just in this election. Every midterm. Every time Barack didn’t get the Congress he needed, that was because our folks didn’t show up. After all that work, they just couldn’t be bothered to vote at all. That’s my trauma.”
"A Republican senator — a self-proclaimed 'constitutional conservative,' no less — misled the country about his participation in a plot to overturn a presidential election. And yet not one of the five major Sunday talk shows mentioned one word about Lee."
“Katie Hill was taken down by three things: an abusive ex, a misogynist far-right media apparatus, and a society that was gleeful about sexually humiliating a young woman in power. None of those elements would be here if it were a male victim.”
Sometimes I find myself thinking about the number of black lives that have been lost and largely went unnoticed in part because there was no video evidence and no social media and I can barely breathe ...
A white Ohio Republican lawmaker who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting COVID-19 because of their lack of hygiene will now lead the state’s Senate Health Committee.
Watching GOP lawmakers pay so much attention to things Biden nominees wrote 20 years ago but who could never find time to read tweets Trump wrote in the past 24 hrs ...
John Cornyn grills assistant attorney general nominee Kristen Clarke about an article she wrote for her college paper, seemingly oblivious to the fact it was satire
A$AP Rocky in 2016 on helping the African American community: “So every time something happens because I'm black I gotta stand up? What the f--k am I, Al Sharpton now? I'm A$AP Rocky. I did not sign up to be no political activist."
Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers. Treat Americans fairly!
#FreeRocky
"The city never apologized; they settled. No one on the side of the prosecution ever apologized. They've stuck by the fact that even though the real man came out and said: I did it, I did it alone,"
@ava
#WhenTheySeeUs
At least two veterans groups have called for the resignation of Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) over his alleged role in helping a top Trump administration official collect discrediting information about a female veteran who said she was sexually assaulted.
Walked into the assisted living facility where my dad lives. Found him in a memory class where today’s activity is watching the Motown 25th anniversary concert. He still knows the words to every Four Tops, Temptations and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles song. 😄
Thinking of my 77 yr old dad today who as a paper boy for the
@washingtonpost
delivered news about elections that his parents were barred from participating in. He was an adult - and a tax-paying married father - before black people were given the right to vote in this country.
For the record, there’s video showing Boebert appearing to have her breast groped and grabbing the crotch of her date during a performance of a play recommended for children as young as 10 yrs old.
Fetterman is voting on legislation while wearing a hoodie and gym shorts.
The Black victim of a racist incident in Central Park that captured much of the nation's attention on Monday is a gay, Harvard-educated science editor.
I just feel like everyone noting that Lara Trump can’t be the future of the NC GOP because she’s never held an elected office before hasn’t been paying attention ...
Rev. Stephen Lee appeared at election worker Ruby Freeman’s door after Trump falsely accused her of pulling fake ballots from suitcases. According to the indictment, Lee knocked on Freeman’s door & parked in her driveway. Alarmed, she called the police.
Seeing black journalists tweet their experiences in newsrooms may feel a bit like inside baseball but it’s relevant to all because so many of the stories you’re finally getting now have been pitched for years but dismissed by editors who questioned our news judgement.
Data shows that the majority of black fathers do, in fact, live with their children. The same study also showed that black fathers are more likely to feed, bathe, diaper, dress and play with their children on a daily basis than their white and Hispanic counterparts.
Stop saying Democrats have struggled with blue collar voters for decades. It’s not true. The Democratic Party has struggled with white blue collar voters. Race is a key factor here. The party has done well with blue collar voters of color.
Trump was propelled to the presidency, in part, by a self-spun narrative of business success and of setbacks triumphantly overcome. But 10 years of tax information paint a different & far bleaker, picture of his deal-making abilities & financial condition.
It’s not the Washington Post’s role to be “good friends” with a presidential candidate. Reporting that Russia is once again attempting to interfere with America’s elections is not and shouldn’t be viewed as a personal attack on a candidate.
Sanders tells reporters he learned about Russian interference in his campaign about a month ago.
But asked why it came out now, Sanders points to the fact that the NV caucuses are a day away. And adds sarcastically, "Washington Post? Good friends."